Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species are barreling ...

The largest-ever study of over 2.6 million zoo birth records reveals skewed sex ratios in endangered species, from lemurs to ...

Congress is working on a proposal that would gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act and erase legal protections for dolphins, ...

For the last 10,000 years, thousands of species have perished from the Holocene extinction event, which is still ongoing.

Scientists from the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath have found that factors including mating systems and brood size could predict the ratio of males to females for animals bred ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

The mammal in question is the Falkland Islands wolf ( Dusicyon australis ), the first canid known to have been driven to ...

Although 93% of the canyon was severely affected by the January 2025 fire, there are already signs of recovery – wildlife ...

The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled.

Long before humans walked the planet, a massive creature ruled the forests and open plains of ancient Eurasia.

Over the past 100,000 years, Australia and New Guinea's large animal communities have been disrupted by extinctions and ...

A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...