“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...

From three species of Arctic seals to more than half of all birds globally, several animals have slipped closer to extinction ...

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

The North Atlantic right whale population continues to grow slightly, but advocates say stronger protections are needed for ...

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Human activity may be setting the stage for the largest extinction event since the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 ...

According to Prof Pask, one of the key goals of Colossal Biosciences in bringing back extinct species would be to reintroduce ...

The last known photo of the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory waterbird, was taken in February 1995 at Merja ...

Mimic glass lizards have been steadily declining and are at imminent risk of extinction, experts have warned. Their already small and isolated populations are threatened by habitat destruction and ...