The jackalope is mythical, but Wyoming was home to an actual prehistoric rodent with two large horns on its head. The Ceratogaulus is one of the ...

A palaeontologist studying fossil fragments in Central Otago has identified a previously unknown, but now extinct, bat. University of New South Wales professor Suzanne Hand has been studying fossil ...

After being thought extinct for over 150 years, a rare species has made an unexpected return to Australia’s wilds, thanks to ...

Ugandan wildlife authorities have reintroduced rhinos into a remote protected area where they were once poached into extinction, an event seen by conservationists as ...

The burly bronze bison busts are a gift to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. They’re being displayed outside the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in D.C.

Beneath the rolling hills of southern Brazil and northern Argentina, scientists have found a hidden network of large ...

Fiona Pardington hopes an exhibition of her images of New Zealand’s extinct and endangered birds will encourage debate, as the nation weighs its environmental responsibilities.

Lost marsupials have been found alive in New Guinea after 6,000 years, highlighting hidden biodiversity and conservation urgency.

Animals are going extinct at an alarming rate. With nearly 200 species of animals and insects disappearing daily, ...

A new study analysing two fossilized whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks’ teeth ...

Picture this: you’re a scientist digging near the Amazon rainforest, and you pull a jawbone out of the ground that looks so ...

The push to revive extinct animals is accelerating, but scientists disagree about whether gene-edited species count as true “de-extinction.” ...