Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on ...

Living beings have been inhabiting the Earth for centuries. And each creature has been adapting and advancing according to the changes in the environment. While most of the creatures and their ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

Dire wolves were massive and highly intelligent animals nearly the size of a small horse, capable of ripping a man’s arm off as easily as a dog kills a rat. They lived in cold regions in a place ...

On a lawn inside the Bronx Zoo, rows of headstones display multiple animal species, making for an eerie display during the month of October. An Instagram post from an account known as Inside History ...

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 ...

A recent survey in Sri Lanka has given conservationists something to celebrate: The country's most threatened deer species is showing signs of recovery. The hog deer, once thought to be extinct on the ...