Scientists and conservationists here say they’ve brought a zebralike mammal back from the dead, giving the quagga a major win ...

Instead of cloning the creature, however, scientists attempted to resurrect the quagga via “selective rebreeding” aka ...

It is unclear exactly why the animals went extinct, but scientists say that human activity or climate change contributed to ...

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story.

There’s millions of invasive snakes on this tiny island, where they were accidentally introduced during World War II. Since ...

Lonesome George was discovered motionless in his enclosure, one morning in June 2012. Overnight, George had taken not only ...

Many factors such as avian malaria, habitat degradation, rats, and food shortages are mainly responsible for the extinction ...

Though extinct for nearly 500 years, the Haast’s eagle remains an enduring symbol of New Zealand’s unique, ancient wildlife.

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

How could roaches a couple of inches long survive when so many powerful animals went extinct? It turns out that they were nicely equipped to live through a meteoric catastrophe. If you’ve ever ...