The rapidity of animal species extinction is a grave concern, currently occurring at a rate 35 times faster than anticipated.

New research shows that while many species have disappeared, extinctions of genera are very rare across plants and animals.

The study is a fascinating and encouraging reminder of that most beloved and quotable parable in biology: that life, uh, ...

Many of New Zealand's unique birds are heading toward extinction. So the country is taking on an ambitious conservation ...

The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth ...

(CN) — For the past few decades scientists and biodiversity experts have sounded the alarm on what has been called the “the ...

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, ...

Australia’s elusive night parrot has been listed as critically endangered, the most severe classification before a species is ...

Colossal Biosciences shared an update on the three healthy dire wolves, Khaleesi, Romulus, and Remus, the genetic engineering ...

Chacoan peccary twins have been born at the Dickerson Park Zoo (DPZ). Peccaries were originally thought to be extinct, and ...

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