Sustained human presence on the world’s islands, which began tens of thousands of years ago, sped up the extinction process by more than a factor of 10, the researchers found.

O f the animals that could go extinct in 2025, one animal that has not been seen in decades was not on many conservation groups' radars.Instead, other better-documented endangered animals that are ...

Climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to go extinct in the next 100 years, researchers from ...

Discover the haunting stories of 12 American animals lost to extinction in our latest video, "12 American Animals Lost to Extinction – Who's Next?" Dive into the past to explore the unique ...

From an Australian frog that swallowed its own eggs to woolly mammoths, scientists could soon bring back long-lost species from the dead.

Like many skeptics of the idea of “de-extinction,” she once thought there was no point to bringing back an extinct animal with no home to go to. Now, unlike the dodo, Shapiro is adapting.

The future of the earth and the next generation is at stake. Humans are displacing animal habitats everywhere, and species go extinct daily. Is there any reason our own species can’t be next?

Visitors can hear Björk's immersive, otherworldly soundscape, Nature Manifesto, over the next few weeks as they climb the long, glass escalator that hugs the side of Centre Pompidou in Paris ...

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate ...

In the case of the thylacine, the first step is sequencing the extinct animal's DNA – the genetic blueprint contained in every single cell of the body. Pask did this in 2017.