The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

There are moments in science that feel less like discovery and more like disbelief. Imagine losing a part of your heart and watching it grow back. Imagine damage to the brain repairing itself without scars, surgery, or therapy. For humans, this sounds impossible. For one extraordinary animal, it is simply…

Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago

Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the dire wolf, a megafauna-hunting wolf species that had been extinct for 10,000 years.

Ancient Indian society followed many structured traditions rooted in dharma, duty, and social responsibility. One such regulated practice was Niyog, created to preserve family lineage during times of crisis. In the Mahabharata era, continuity of lineage was considered essential for social stability and spiritual order. Niyog was not based on…

Queensland government says it has already killed six of the 10 dingoes seen near the body of 19-year-old Piper James

The species is at risk as high-altitude forests are cleared for grazing and agriculture.

The Odd Beauty of Survival These startlingly bizarre animals prove that survival doesn’t always favor the ordinary. Each has adapted to meet the demands of its environment, whether that means having a transparent head to let in the dimmest light, pretending to be a leaf, or having extendable jaws to…

Italy’s wolf population now numbers 3,000-3,500; at the beginning of the 1970s, they were nearing extinction in the country.

On the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 45 kilometers (27 miles) northwest of Quito, conservationists are now racing to restore this cloud-shrouded forest

Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia’s extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the world, from platypus to koalas and wombats.

Prince Hisahito, Japan's 19-year-old royal, is the sole male heir and may be the last emperor under male-only succession rules.