Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

Red grouse is endemic across Britain and Ireland, being a different species from willow ptarmigan. The males exhibit striking red colouration with prominent combs attached to their faces.

The critically endangered whitefin swellshark, a little-known deep-sea species, faces a grim future as climate change ...

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to ...

Fishing and Conserving in Great Barrier Reef's Marine Reserves ... The Cost of Preventing Extinction of Australia's Priority Species Feb. 3, 2025 — A new study has estimated it would cost ...

Great Auk Image via Pexels. The Great Auk ... via Wikimedia Commons This critically endangered species faced severe population decline due to habitat loss and hunting. Although not officially declared ...

Great news has emerged from Victoria, Australia, as a once-extinct fish, the olive perchlet, has been released back into the wild for the first time since the species' last sighting in 1929.

Extinct animals are some of the most fascinating creatures. Not only do we know they existed based on fossil evidence, but we’re left to speculate a great deal on how they lived, what they looked like ...