“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy ...

Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

You might think that bringing an animal back from extinction is a mere pipe dream, but one company is getting closer to ...

Mark Walter, the new owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, is backing one of the most ambitious science projects of the decade: bringing back an extinct bird from the dead. It's called the moa, a giant, ...

While many plants and animals are lost to us forever, this little bird has just been very good at hiding. The night parrot ...

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

One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially, the IUCN said as it released its latest Red List of ...

The dodo bird vanished more than 300 years ago, but its story still sparks curiosity. Native to just one island and wiped out in just a few decades, the dodo has become a symbol of extinction and ...

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

"Many endangered species struggle to recover even with intensive conservation measures," first author Daichi Tsujimoto said. ...

On islands, many plants rely on animals such as birds, bats and reptiles to disperse their seeds and help them grow in new places. When native animals go extinct, this naturally reduces seed dispersal ...