For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...
Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...
In just the last decade, the U.S. has officially declared five species extinct, marking a tragic loss for biodiversity. Once ...
Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...
Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades.
After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, this ecological “unicorn” was spotted alive and well in the ...
The Aesculapian snake has been "accidentally" re-introduced to the UK for the first time in around 300,000 years.
From the weird to the wonderful, here's our roundup of animals you've never heard of before (and certainly won't forget in a ...