What began as an ordinary wildlife photography trip for a couple turned into a once-in-a-lifetime discovery when they ...

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study.

A beautiful but unique Irish name is ‘about to go extinct’ after only five parents picked it in 2024. Irish names are always ...

Feedback isn't entirely convinced by a new piece of research that claims by 2339 "there will be no humans", even though the ...

One of these breeds is looking at extinction as soon as 2050, and it's absolutely heartbreaking. The Skye Terrier is easily ...

The vast American wilderness holds many secrets, and sometimes those secrets include animals that science says shouldn't be ...

While many plants and animals are lost to us forever, this little bird has just been very good at hiding. The night parrot ...

It might be among the first mammals to go extinct in North America after colonization. But can scientists prove it was even a ...

After more than 30 years of being missing, the Blyde Rondavel flat gecko (Afroedura rondavelica) reappears in South Africa.

"In Search of Thoreau's Flowers," on view at the Gregg Museum through January, takes visitors on a walk around Walden Pond.

The world’s rarest parrot, the Spix’s macaw – once declared extinct in the wild – has hatched at Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium. The chick, known from the film Rio, is the first successful birth after 100 ...