The woolly rhino, Coelodonta antiquitatis, would have been an impressive sight to the ancient people who painted images of ...

There are many cute endangered species, and sadly their charm endangers them even more, like these 25 cutest animals that are ...

This list covers the most vulnerable wildlife species and the steps you can take to help each of them survive and thrive.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. De-extinction starts with DNA samples from the lost species. Sometimes this is the complete ...

Scientists can learn a lot about extinct animals by studying their footprints, bones and even teeth. But, while insightful, these artifacts don’t always paint a complete picture of an ancient creature ...

More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out ...

Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores – but how? What type of food did extinct vertebrates eat? And how can we gain insight into the diets of these creatures? In ...

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 ...

When the sun goes down at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, animals not usually seen there come to life, some of them for the first time in centuries. "Unextinct," the zoo's new interactive digital ...

A team of paleogeneticists is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for recovering RNA from a museum specimen of a thylacine, the extinct marsupial popularly known as the Tasmanian tiger. Can ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday said it had found "substantial information" in petitions that eight animals and a plant should be listed under the Endangered Species Act. The agency is ...