Millions of years ago, catastrophic events wiped out most life on Earth—but some ancient animals managed to survive against ...

Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in the trafficking of parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according ...

It has been calculated that between 0.01 and 0.1% of all species will become extinct yearly. Based on this estimation, between 200 and 2,000 extinctions occur every year. Splendid Poison frog (Oophaga ...

A growing group of scientists is trying to bring back extinct animals, an idea that is drawing closer than ever because of recent advances in gene editing. Shapiro, one of the world’s leading ...

13, 2025 — Ecologists have made valuable discoveries that could transform the conservation of two iconic cockatoo species ... Less Lethal in Dinosaur Extinction Jan. 16, 2025 — Previous ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like ...

President Donald Trump’s first week in office included a flurry of executive orders with implications for Earth’s climate and environment The Latest An endangered tropical plant that emits the ...

OMACHI, Nagano Prefecture--The Japanese wolf, a species thought to have gone extinct more than a century ago, may still roam the rugged mountain terrain of central Japan--but finding solid proof ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse -- a mouse with two male parents -- that lived until adulthood ...

Majorcan Midwife Toad: The toad was thought extinct as only fossils had been found until live specimens were surprisingly rediscovered in 1979. Chacoan Peccary: A pig-like mammal thought extinct from ...

Sacrificing one’s own young might seem brutal, but it’s an essential survival strategy for a species that, until recently, was extinct in South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula. Brush-tailed ...