Extinction

A breed of wild dog known for its lyrical sounds may not be as extinct as we thought, according to a new paper out…

A new study finds further evidence that humans are driving the world’s sixth mass extinction. Published in the…

Archivists in Australia working on the digital restoration of an incomplete travelogue from 1935 discovered that it…

The world is undergoing its sixth major extinction crisis, and as many reports have shown, our warming planet puts…

From Jesus to “Jurassic Park,” people dream of resurrection, cheating death, defying nature, and uncovering the…

The vast majority of woolly mammoths went extinct at the end of the last ice age, but small, isolated populations…

Humanity is facing a number of grave threats. Climate breakdown and extreme weather are getting worse, we’re in the…

The tropics are the most biodiverse part of the world. Some tropical rainforests are home to more species than entire…

The animals need saving. From fires, from deforestation, and from climate change, of course. That’s why the United…

One absolute unit of a tortoise is retiring from his rampant sex crusade after practically single-handedly saving…

Lonesome George, the last of the Pinta Island tortoises, died in 2012. George’s story is the perfect extinction…

Researchers have produced the first whole genome of the Carolina parakeet, a recently extinct parrot native to the…

One of the northern hemisphere’s most famous extinct birds could have disappeared at the hands of humans and humans…

Humanity has pushed Earth to the brink with more than a million species threatened with extinction. There are a…

Australia currently hosts some of the most upsetting animals known in the world. But researchers this week are keen…

Over the weekend, Abaco and Grand Bahama islands took a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian when it was at its peak…

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updated its Red List of Threatened Species last week—and…

With de-extinction hovering on the edge of being a thing, it is worth asking at least one question. That question is…

Last month’s huge extinction report showed the natural world is under siege. But the hits keep coming for nature and…

We live in a time of never-ending bad news when it comes to our natural world. The latest involves amphibians like…