From bald eagles to grizzly bears, many iconic American species at risk of extinction have bounced back thanks to the ...
Numbats, Western Australia's animal emblem, have been pulled from the brink of extinction after research found the population ...
Roughly 50,000 years ago, a kangaroo unlike any alive today lived in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea. First discovered ...
The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction could drive more than half to extinction.
New Zealand’s well-documented fossil and living marine fauna allows scientists to explore drivers of extinction risk that are relevant globally.
Two Guam kingfisher chicks that hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh are part of a program to help restore the bird in the wild.
In contrast to those who resided in Siberia, Neanderthals who lived in what's now Belgium and France shortly before the species vanished seem to have been genetically diverse and healthy ...
Scientists have developed a gene-editing technology that could one day wipe out the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito. By spreading engineered genes through wild populations, researchers may be ...
A Homo naledi fossil is seen in the Dinaledi Chamber of South Africa's Rising Star Cave system. A new study analyzed proteins from teeth recovered at the site and found no evidence of male markers.