Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

But earlier this month, researchers announced something overwhelmingly positive: Green sea turtles, the iconic marine species ...

The rarer an animal, the higher its price tag climbs—turning survival into a deadly commodity. Our world is a tapestry woven ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on ...

For almost 200 years, no one knew where the last living great auks were. Using DNA testing, one of them was found in ...

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy ...

The planet is on the cusp of triggering the sixth mass extinction event. Conserving a small percentage of land could make all ...

After his company, Colossal Biosciences, successfully revived the dire wolf from extinction, he's ready to continue to change ...

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...

Extinction rates are not spiraling upward as many believe, according to a large-scale study analyzing 500 years of data.

Two recently examined fossils suggest that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, according to a new study.

One of the tiny animals was dead, while the other was seen cradled in the arms of an officer, softly hooting before covering ...