Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

A century ago there were roughly 200,000 lions in existence. Now, there are thought to be fewer than 23,000. What's more, while lions are yet to go extinct, several subspecies have been wiped out ...

A marsupial lion is “a family of extinct marsupials only found in Australia, their fossil history spans from about 24 million years ago up until about 30,000 years ago,” she told news.com.au.

Lions were thought to be extinct in Chad's Sena Oura National Park -- until now. An image released by the government of Chad and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on April 20, 2023, shows a ...

A puncture wound in one of the lion's ribs indicates the weapon pierced vital organs before getting lodged in the animal's chest. The hunt took place about 48,000 years ago, during the Middle ...

However, on January 22, the Eastern cougar subspecies was officially declared extinct in the U.S. and removed from the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Several species, once on the brink of extinction, are making remarkable comebacks due to dedicated conservation efforts.

This Earth Day comes on the heels of a remarkable turning point in conservation history: Scientists at Colossal Laboratories have claimed the first animal species de-extinction by recreating dire ...

In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, including nearly two dozen kinds of kangaroos. Two theories suggest why.