Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on ...

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

North Atlantic right whales are said to have received their name because historically, they were the 'right' whales for ...

“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 ...

A new study indicates that extinction rates for many plants and animals are slowing down. Researchers from the University of ...

With previously released wildcats breeding in the wild, experts say there's "hope" for the future of the mammal's ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Some animals that used to live across West Virginia have gone extinct.

As well as having long-lasting consequences for Native Americans to this day, the bison population of North America was ...