The chance rediscovery of the Pini-Beraliya is a welcome piece of good news that shows the importance of staying up to date ...

Scientists analyzed the DNA of commercially available shark meat. The results were alarming for conservation.

The outlook for mountain gorillas has been positive since 2018, when a survey showed that the population exceeded 1,000. It’s ...

No other specimens have been collected in the past six decades, Grant said, and the “only known” habitat for the species has been destroyed since the frog was first found. The evidence suggests that ...

In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List pronounced the towering Doona ovalifolia tree “extinct in the wild.” Known locally as ...

About 95 million years ago, a juvenile crocodyliform nicknamed Elton lived in what is now southwest Montana at the edge of ...

For decades, we’ve heard warnings that humanity is teetering on the edge of a new “mass extinction.” But a new study paints a very different picture.

Many people around the world are obsessed with finding animals that are presumed extinct. Although this may sound impossible, animal rediscoveries happen more often than you might think. Some ...

It’s early August 2025. Deep in the rainforests of Upolu, on the island of Samoa, Moeumu “Moe” Uili and I have paused our ...

A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.

The World Wildlife Fund has released an updated list of animals now considered to be endangered. The list includes the following animals; rhinos, tigers, whales, polar bears, mountain gorillas, ...