The dodo, now long gone, is fixed in society’s imagination as a species seemingly invented for the sole purpose of becoming ...

With no natural predators, the snakes proliferated, gobbling up the island’s small animals. Already, the snake has driven ...

Scientists are exploring de-extinction to bring back species like the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger through ...

Well-preserved fossils reveal that even the most colossal of pterosaurs were capable of flight, and various species had ...

In a new book, a curator at England's Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house ...

A pair of preserved huia, an extinct bird last sighted in early 20th century, are going on auction in London next month, ...

During construction, millions of fossils were found at a California high school, including megalodon teeth, extinct dolphins, ...

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions elevate the extinction risk for mammals, ...

Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks ...

The Guam Kingfisher is nearly extinct, but it in the process of being saved and has a good start, however, it is not Guam’s ...

California condors – known scientifically as Gymnogyps californianus – are imposing vultures. They’re the largest bird ...

Scotland's unique population of woodland birds known as Capercaillie are on the brink of another extinction, it has been ...