So many humans live on Earth, it’s hard to imagine there are animals we haven’t seen for years, decades, or even millions of ...

Researchers say the remarkable discovery was made using fossils, photos and a misidentified museum specimen ...

In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

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 ...

Thheiba and Fidda were among the zoo’s last Barbary lionesses and played a key role in conservation. The sisters lived side-by-side their entire lives and helped support a lion subspecies now extinct ...

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 ...

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...

The South Island takahē is a bird presumed extinct for 50 years, but it made a comeback. It is still a vulnerable species.

The Potter Park Zoo is mourning the unexpected death, adding that Vikentii the tiger helped inspire guests to care about ...