By Shreya Dasgupta Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent ...

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

For every bird that becomes a pampered internet star, countless others are snatched from the wild to feed the illegal global ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

Great whites are one of more than 20 Mediterranean shark species protected under international law, meaning it is illegal to ...

Two subspecies of rhinoceros have been declared extinct this month, highlighting the problem of poachers who kill the beasts only for their horns. The West African black rhino was officially wiped out ...

Four African penguins, who are a critically endangered species, hatched at Mystic Aquarium earlier this month. The penguin chicks hatched in early January and they're the offspring of two first-time ...