On a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, a rare species once declared extinct in the wild has been rediscovered. Partula ...

In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. It's ironic to think how ...

A frog species, Alsodes vittatus, believed extinct since 1893, has been rediscovered in Chile. Scientists from the University ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

As for the dodo, the Nicobar Pigeon is the closest living relative, and the Solitaire, a type of extinct bird that was found ...

In a world where new species are constantly being discovered ... Imagine the surprise when, in 1938, this so-called “extinct” fish was discovered alive and well off the coast of South Africa.

The Xerces blue butterfly went extinct along the San Francisco coast some 80 years ago. But scientists have identified a ...

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

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A green pit viper named after Salazar Slytherin from Harry Potter, an unfamiliar snake found in an Instagram post, and twelve ...