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 ...

Quick Take Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists say they have "restored" an extinct zebra subspecies. May 27, 2011 -- Imagine if the woolly mammoth roamed the earth once more. Japanese scientists say the elephantine beast could be cloned ...