A world where extinct animals are brought back for the betterment of both the planet and mankind may seem like science ...

With reports of 200 or more species going extinct each day, it can seem like an uphill battle to keep vulnerable populations ...

Extinction is supposed to be final, yet the natural world keeps producing plot twists. Around the globe, animals written off ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal martens in the town of Klamath for three months ...

There's new research that has some paleontologists "jumping for joy"! Here's why giant extinct kangaroos may have been able ...

A new study informs conservation and land management efforts for one of the least understood mammals in the Pacific Northwest ...

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 ...

To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered pups of the long-extinct dire wolf. Scientific criticism followed fast. The ...

Scientists are rethinking extinction risk as studies reveal how shrinking populations disrupt social connections that many animals depend on.

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

Once, magnificent creatures like the Dodo and Passenger Pigeon roamed Earth. Their trusting nature and sheer numbers, however ...