In the vast deserts and rugged mountains of the Arabian Peninsula, researchers have long pursued the Arabian caracal, a wild ...

An Instagram post about the last two northern white rhinos references a scenario conservationists have warned us about for ...

Quick Take Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025 ...

This proposal has drawn criticism from legal scholars and conservationists, who argue that habitat modification poses a major ...

About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

In this region, sightings of rare and endangered birds, including Indian Skimmers, have been reported by members of the ...

The Rufous scrub-bird is one of the world's oldest surviving species of songbird, but scientists believe fewer than 2,000 of the birds remain. Donning a helmet and a well-equipped harness, Dr Fernanda ...

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or degradation, climate change, forest fires, deforestation, and slash-and-burn and ...