Some animals matter so much to their ecosystems that losing them is like removing the keystone from an arch—the entire ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

The moa were a group of giant flightless birds that lived in New Zealand. They disappeared from Earth about 600 years ago, ...

A BIRD once thought to be locally extinct has been spotted near a village church. A hawfinch has been spotted by D. Webb at Walford Church, who previously spotted one of the birds in Marcle Ridge in ...

Britain’s biodiversity continues to decline at an alarming rate, but environmentalists say there are reasons to be cheerful ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

Conservationists are racing to save the manumea, a chicken-sized bird that lives only on two Samoan islands, from extinction ...

After years of silence, Samoa’s elusive manumea has been sighted again in remote forests, offering fragile hope for the ...

Scientists have confirmed sightings of the elusive manumea, a bird closely related to the extinct dodo, offering new hope for ...

The Christmas Island shrew is thought to be at least the third mammal species to go extinct on the island as a direct result ...

From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...

Colossal Biosciences said it is working with famous "Lord of the Rings" director Sir Peter Jackson to bring the moa back to ...