Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon.

Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

Extinction rates are not spiraling upward as many believe, according to a large-scale study analyzing 500 years of data.

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

For years, headlines have warned that Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction, but a new study suggests these fears may ...

Curitiba, Brazil used to be forests, wetlands, fields and streams before it was developed over the last half-century. Gilberto Jacob via Unsplash As new species are discovered around the world, others ...

A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy.

Southern Ontario is home to 133 at-risk species, 98% of which could be locally extinct in the next 25 years if the provincial ...

As new species are discovered around the world, others are disappearing without a trace. Amphibians are facing existential threats on a global scale, leading some researchers to believe they’ve ...