A living database reveals why the global count of mammal species keeps changing - and why accurate naming matters for ...

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 ...

As a critically endangered species, the manumea could be considered mostly dead, but there’s a big difference between that ...

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

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

The manumea, a critically endangered ground pigeon and one of the closest living dodo relatives, has been spotted multiple ...

There are 64 species of extant gliding mammals that are currently recognized, which are divided into six different families. These comprise eight species of gliding marsupials that live within ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

Camera images of flat-headed cats in Thailand are giving conservationists hope that this nearly extinct cat is making a ...

Colossal Biosciences said it is working with famous "Lord of the Rings" director Sir Peter Jackson to bring the moa back to ...