New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Almost 8,000 animal species could be pushed closer to extinction by the end of this century as the interacting effects of ...

Extinction is the irreversible loss of animal species that once lived on our planet. The rapid pace of human-driven habitat ...

Unfortunately, one million endangered species could become extinct. On World Wildlife Day, learn who is at risk and how to ...

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, ...

Scientists warn that rising heat and rapid land change could reshape wildlife habitats faster than expected. A University of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From giant sea monsters to recently vanished species, these incredible creatures once roamed our planet! Join us as we count ...

Other benefactors include the far-sighted Englishman John Knowles, who established Britain’s first zoological collection ...