Deep inside the world’s longest cave system, scientists have uncovered two terrifying extinct predators that once prowled a ...

A Sierra Nevada red fox captured and collared for the first time in the southern Sierra may prove to be the key to saving the ...

In the early 1990s, scientists worried that the greater Bermuda land snail—found only on the North Atlantic Ocean archipelago ...

Extinction is supposed to be final, yet the natural world keeps producing plot twists. Around the globe, animals written off ...

The conservation value of de-extinction lies not in populating landscapes with proxy extinct animals, but in developing technologies that address today's biodiversity crisis.

With reports of 200 or more species going extinct each day, it can seem like an uphill battle to keep vulnerable populations ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

As pumas return to Patagonia’s coast, they encounter penguin colonies that expanded in their absence, creating new conservation tensions.

One reason for the decline in extinction rates is the growing momentum of conservation efforts. Multiple species have been saved from extinction by habitat protections, breeding programs, and legal ...