A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

The incident should prompt a rethink of our approach to wild animals in captivity, and whether it's morally acceptable—or ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

In Vienna, Europe's second-largest cemetery has embraced biodiversity – without disturbing the dead. Some of the greats are ...

A rare Behningia mayfly nymph has been rediscovered after 22 years without sightings, revealing key secrets about healthy ...

In the race to save birdlife around the world, time is running out—and doing everything right still won’t be enough. Despite global conservation goals and urgent policies aimed at protecting nature, ...

More than 500 native plants in San Diego County are held in a Native Seed Bank at the zoo. Those seeds are dried down to a ...

Many conservationists dedicated to protecting the endangered Andean cat have never seen one in the wild, with the species ...

After the only known Mexican wolves were removed from Cochise County, calls for the species to be removed from federal ...

Skin has the whole DNA of that particular animal. And when we freeze that down, we can freeze its entirety, and then when we ...

Don’t be afraid: of all of the snake species in Alabama, only six are venomous. Three of those six venomous species are ...