Extinction
Colorful Bird Famously Featured in 'The Lion King' Nearly Going Extinct
The southern yellow-billed hornbill, a colorful bird that shot to fame in "The Lion King", is being wiped out by climate change, according to new research.
Saltwater Crocodiles' Taste for Terrestrial Prey Saved Them From Extinction
New research suggests that if crocodiles had not changed their meal preference, they may have gone extinct.
Dinosaur-Destroying Asteroid Had Unexpected Impact on Climate Change: Study
In 2019 researchers made discoveries in rock formations, linking findings to both the dinosaur extinction that occurred at 66 million years ago and the present.
This Ancient Saber-toothed Creature Was the First Cat-like Predator in U.S.
The bobcat-sized creature has been called an evolutionary experiment, being the first known mammal to consume only meat.
Ancient Transylvanian Turtle Survived Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
Dortoka vremiri's aquatic environment and home in the relatively sheltered Hateg Basin helped it pull through the mass extinction.
De-extinction Scientists Set to Bring Back Enormous Long-Lost Rat
The Christmas Island rat, Rattus macleari, was wiped out in Australia 120 years ago.
Giant Crocodile-Like Creature That Lived in China 200 Years Ago Discovered
The "bizarre" crocodilian could grow to around 20 feet in length and was hunted as a result of conflict with humans.
Balkanatolia: Long Forgotten Continent May Have Been Rediscovered
The previously undiscovered landmass can offer clues into a mysterious mass extinction event that happened around 34 million years ago
Megalodon Might Not Have Looked Like a Great White Shark on Steroids
The sharks lived between 20 million and 3.6 million years ago and it is thought they could grow up to 60 feet long.
Wooly Mammoth De-extinction Scientist Shares Plan To Create Arctic Elephant
George Church, from the Harvard Medical School, founded a company to bring the wooly mammoth back to life in 2021.
Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly Could Be Listed as Endangered
The butterflies now only survive in two isolated clusters and in very low numbers.
How and Why Did the Megalodon Go Extinct?
The extinction of the planet's biggest sharks offers fascinating insights into their contemporary apex predators, great whites.
Iran's Asiatic Cheetahs in 'Dire' Risk as Just 12 Known to Remain in Wild
Big cat researcher Tara Pirie told Newsweek that with so few remaining, the loss of any individual will have a "substantial impact" on the species.
Congress Must Act to Save the Havasupai Tribe from Extinction
We urge the Senate to do the right thing and protect the Grand Canyon now and for future generations.
Single Rhino Tasked With Saving Entire Subspecies From Extinction
Only two northern white rhinos are alive today. One was just retired from a breeding program designed to save the species from extinction.
Near Extinct Galapagos Tortoise Slaughtered, Threatens Species' Existence
This follows two previous events which included 185 baby tortoises being seized at an airport in March and the recovery of 129 babies from Peru in 2018.
Child Finds 12,000-Year-Old Mastodon Tooth on Nature Walk
Julian Gagnon was out with his parents at Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve in Rochester Hills, Michigan when he came across what he thought was a "dragon's tooth."
23 Species Declared Extinct by U.S. Government as Scientists Warn of Crisis
The ivory-billed woodpecker was perhaps the best-known of the species that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared extinct.
Butterfly Declared First U.S. Insect to Go Extinct Due to Human Activity
With its disappearance, "we sort of lost a piece of the biodiversity puzzle that made up the tapestry of the San Francisco Bay area," a study co-author said.
Mexico Ends Fishing Ban in Vaquita Reserve, Heralding End for Rare Porpoise
Marine biologists estimate that only 10 of the highly endangered animals remain alive as a result of illegal fishing in their native waters.
20 Dog Breeds That No Longer Exist
A look back at the breeds, from ancient to modern eras, that did not stand the test of time.
'Extinct Fossil Fish' Dating Back 420 Million Years Found Alive in Africa
A "four-legged fossil fish" predating dinosaurs has been recently rediscovered by groups hunting sharks with deep-sea nets.
Hedgehogs at risk of Extinction in Britain
They are among a quarter of mammals which have been placed on an official "red list" of endangered species in the country, the first of its kind.
The 'Human-Caused' Sixth Mass Extinction Is 'Likely Accelerating': Study
"When humanity exterminates species of other creatures, it is sawing off the limb on which it is sitting, destroying working parts of our own life-support system," said biologist Paul Ehrlich.
Supercomputer Simulates Neanderthal Extinction, Finds Humans Were to Blame
It is not a coincidence that Neanderthals vanished just at the time, when Homo sapiens started to spread into Europe" said research lead Axel Timmermann, director of IBS Center for Climate Physics.
Megaraptor That Lived Just Before Dinosaurs Went Extinct Discovered
The dinosaur is one of the largest and youngest megaraptors on the fossil record, say paleontologists.
Watch Last Known Footage of Extinct Tasmanian Tiger From 1935
Tasmanian tigers are among the largest carnivorous marsupials known to science.
Great White Sharks Could Go Extinct in Next 100 Years
Scientists were examining what impact marine megafauna extinctions will have on oceans.
Pablo Escobar's Hippos Are Taking the Place of Long Extinct Animals
Large herbivores dominated the Earth's land ecosystems for several million years before suffering significant extinctions and declines over the past 100,000 years or so.
Fossil Corals Suggest a Mass Extinction Is on the Way
"We are beginning to transition and go through the extinction," study author David Gruber said. "Who comes out the other side is up for grabs."