Just when you think you have a good idea of the mammals that live in North America, another one appears and forces you to ...

True extinction is final, a point of no return where a species disappears forever. And sadly, species go extinct all the time. But in some rare cases, animals believed to be lost for good have ...

Ptilotus senarius photographed in Australia in 2025. (Wikimedia Commons/Aaron Bean) A plant that had not been seen in Australia since 1967 has been found again in Queensland, ending nearly six decades ...

On one of the final days of 1938, a fishing trawler off the coast of South Africa reeled in a massive creature unlike anything the crew had seen before. It was nearly five feet in length, and its fins ...

The Balston’s pygmy perch was long thought to be extinct from the Perth region, but a discovery has found it alive and thriving in the Helena River.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Sedgwick County Zoo has announced the birth of an animal that is critically endangered in the wild. This Chacoan peccary was born to female Pickle. It’s the third baby for ...

Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...

the tarsier is a very peculiar small animal.in fact it is one of the smallest known primates, no larger than an adult men's hand.© Tesalonika tengker/Shutterstock.com True extinction is final, a point ...