From the Vaquita to the Javan Rhinoceros, discover five endangered animals facing extinction. Learn about the threats they ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Every year, species disappear forever. But sometimes, nature delivers an astonishing surprise. Across remote islands, deep ...

In the world of biology, being declared extinct is usually a permanent sentence, but nature occasionally loves to prove us wrong. These incredible animals, often referred to as “Lazarus species,” ...

Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to digest a meal and poop just once a week. Their closest living relatives are ...

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 ...

On the second floor of a sleek but unremarkable office building just west of downtown Dallas, Texas, an animatronic white wolf stands atop a promontory, slowly surveying the vast entry area for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here are the wildest extinct prehistoric creatures that aren't dinosaurs. It's hard to imagine how some of these animals even ...

Most of us saw Jurassic Park and its many sequels as a cautionary tale. Some scientists, however, apparently saw it as a game plan. While no one has brought dinosaurs back (yet), Texas-based genetic ...