New research shows that while many species have disappeared, extinctions of genera are very rare across plants and animals.

"Even a single individual is a big deal." Scientists stunned as hero dog discovers traces of animal once thought extinct: 'I ...

There have long been five acknowledged living species of bettong: the boodie, the woylie, the northern bettong, the rufous ...

The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth ...

The Chacoan peccary is a distant relative of wild boars and domesticated pigs. They were thought to be extinct up until 1971, when scientists discovered them in the Gran Chaco, an arid region of ...

Scientists discovered a new marsupial species and woylie subspecies, but extinction threatens their fragile survival.

Researchers discovered a completely new species of bettong as well as two new subspecies of woylie while analyzing fossils.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has delisted 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction, the agency announced Monday. The service had proposed the delisting of nearly two dozen ...

Australia’s elusive night parrot has been listed as critically endangered, the most severe classification before a species is ...

Except, of course, when it comes to snakes. Humans scored a rare victory over our snake antagonists this week when the U.S.

WUHAN, China -- A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in ...

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