The majority of all life ever to have existed in Earth's history is extinct. Today, many organisms face extinction due to climate change and other factors that contribute to biodiversity loss.

The northern white rhinoceros is one of the rarest animals on Earth, with just two females left and no natural way for the species to reproduce. Now, an international team of scientists at Scripps ...

Scientists from the Canadian Museum of Nature have announced the discovery and description of an extinct rhinoceros from the Canadian High Arctic. The nearly complete fossil skeleton of the new ...

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Najin (background) and her offspring Fatu, are the last two northern white rhinos left on the planet – Copyright AFP/File JACK GUEZ Scientists have carried out the ...

In a Kenyan wildlife conservancy near the equator, armed guards protect two northern white rhinoceroses, Najin and Fatu. They are the last two northern white rhinos alive—both non-reproductive females ...