Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are nowhere to be found. From human activity to climate change, new animals ...

Once common across the grasslands west of Melbourne, the Victorian grassland earless dragon was thought to be extinct for 54 ...

Every single Alborn skink believed to be alive today is in one isolated, five-hectare wetland in New Zealand. “We’re at a ...

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists.

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

The late 1900s were a time of rapid change for our planet, and unfortunately, some of its most unique inhabitants did not survive. Between the 1980s and 1990s, several animal species disappeared ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two marsupial species thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years have been rediscovered as living animals. On Thursday, Bishop Museum, along with the State of Hawaii Museum ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published today in Oryx, warns that over 40% of more than 8,500 soil ...

A new study reveals that a major cooling event 34 million years ago caused staggered marine extinctions, not a single global ...

Dennis Dinwiddie, the Topeka Zoo’s conservation director, is one of the major players involved in the reintroduction work. He ...