True extinction is final, a point of no return where a species disappears forever. And sadly, species go extinct all the time. But in some rare cases, animals believed to be lost for good have ...

On one of the final days of 1938, a fishing trawler off the coast of South Africa reeled in a massive creature unlike anything the crew had seen before. It was nearly five feet in length, and its fins ...

The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

Each day, 200 species of flora and fauna go extinct. Despite these numbers, it is rare to watch a species cease to exist in ...

For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

The night parrot is a beautiful green and yellow bird native to Australia. These birds are nocturnal, nesting on the ground and favoring desert environments. The night parrot is extremely lightweight ...

Sometimes, nature delivers a surprise that feels almost miraculous. Scientists have confirmed that two small marsupial species — the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider — are still ...

In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List pronounced the towering Doona ovalifolia tree “extinct in the wild.” Known locally as pini-beraliya, the species lingered only as a single cultivated specimen in ...

Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...