The rapidity of animal species extinction is a grave concern, currently occurring at a rate 35 times faster than anticipated.

New research shows that while many species have disappeared, extinctions of genera are very rare across plants and animals.

A newly-formed group of scientists will be fighting for the survival of species — the smallest ones on the planet.

The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth mass extinction, a new study argues.

Experts at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute care for endangered species on 32,000 sprawling acres in Northern ...

There have long been five acknowledged living species of bettong: the boodie, the woylie, the northern bettong, the rufous ...

The Middleton Lakes reserve has confirmed two males and two nests, with at least five chicks fledging. Because the birds are ...

The dire wolf, a large, wolflike species that went extinct about 12,000 years ago, has been in the news after biotech company Colossal claimed to have resurrected it using cloning and gene-editing ...

Habitat loss, disease, and climate change are driving koalas toward extinction. Learn what’s threatening them and how to help ...

It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed up by the Eagles in 1976. One of the rock ...

A new marsupial species closely related to the kangaroo was discovered in Australia, but it might already have gone extinct.