Extinction

The duck-billed mammal is currently listed as Near-Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

New research adds more weight to the theory that the asteroid caused dinosaur extinction.

Thousands of species could go extinct by the end of the decade.

Computer simulations suggest Neanderthals were already on the brink of extinction and had been for hundreds of thousands of years when demographic fluctuations and inbreeding pushed them over the edge.

New research into the global donkey population indicates that the trade in the animal's skins has exploded to such a level that they face population collapse.

"The lives of many people and the existence of diverse species hang in the balance," said an author of the study.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently designated Southern Mountain Caribou as an "endangered species"—except, in the lower 48 states, they're technically already extinct.

For animal species to survive climate change, they will have to genetically adapt or shift their ranges—or both.

H. Terminalis is among nine newly identified bee species which are described in a study published in the journal Zootaxa.

Scientists believe that the Earth is currently going through its sixth mass extinction event.

Once a koala population falls below a critical point, it can no longer produce the next generation, leading to extinction.

"We didn't start doing them to not do them," David Bernhardt said of his policies to limit protections for threatened animals and to factor the cost to corporations into protecting endangered species in an interview with The Washington Post published Friday.

There are only 144 kakapos left in the world.

Researchers have found that invasive birds play a critical role in the ecosystem of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where native species have almost totally disappeared.

Insect numbers everywhere are declining—and scientists aren't exactly sure why.

The dinosaurs didn't have a chance.

Almost all animals of the 162 classified as threatened were in danger because of humans hunting the creatures for food or body parts.

Today some 500,000 bison have been restored in over 6,000 locations.

Data from Cassini's "death dive" reveals Saturn's rings could be just 10 million years old.

Warming waters around the world are turning turtles female on a massive scale.

Researchers link a supernova explosion 2.6 million years ago to the extinction of marine megafauna.

An estimated 70% of land animals and 96% of sea creatures were wiped out in Earth's biggest mass extinction.

Years of intensive fieldwork and meticulous museum study have revealed the new species in a case of mistaken identity.

"These predatory mice are pushing albatross, buntings, petrels and other seabirds towards extinction," said the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

National Science Foundation has given researchers over $200,000 to find out why Megalodon was wiped out.

"Killer whale populations found in the most polluted seas around Japan, Brazil, the U.K. or in the northeast Pacific, the authors report, are tending toward complete collapse."

The giant bird could grow up to 10 feet tall.

Humans were butchering giant animals on the island more than 10,000 years ago.

Ancient rocks suggest extreme temperatures drove their demise.

These sharks are now the most popular in the ocean.