Though the dinosaurs were all killed by a meteor, not all were created equal in life. This species in particular was adept at ...

In the Indian Ocean, the Yemeni island of Socotra is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. More than a third of the plant species on the island don’t exist anywhere else on the planet. That ...

If current extinction trends continue, global shark populations will lose much of their variety, thereby threatening ...

More than a third of all tree species worldwide face extinction, threatening ecosystems, plants, animals and economies around the world, experts warned Monday. In all, 38% of trees are at risk, ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to its ...

There's no better place to see saltwater crocodiles than Australia's Northern Territory, but that wasn't always the case. Thanks to a successful conservation program, this species has come back from ...

Colossal Biosciences, the genetic engineering company working to bring back the woolly mammoth, has actually already brought back one of its extinct Ice Age cohabitants: the dire wolf. The Dallas, ...

New research reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida's Coral Reef. Scientists have documented ...

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic diversity using DNA from museum specimens and related species. Scientists ...