Each year, animals and plants are being lost to extinction. In fact, more than 160 species disappeared in the past decade ...

Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.

Woodland Park Zoo's 3-month-old sloth bear cub, Bowie, is set to make her public debut this weekend.Born on January 8, the ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...

The drawing by Ashton Whitaker from Hull was chosen by a panel of judges including environmental campaigner Chris Packham ...

Kids love animals -- and they love TV shows about (or starring!) animals almost as much. Whether your kid likes animated animals or the real deal, these wild series will educate, entertain, and ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

As soon as Colossal Biosciences declared that it brought the dire wolf back from extinction, everyone felt a sense of wonder.

They’re dire wolf pups, back from extinction after some 12,000 years. Dire wolves thrived during the Pleistocene Epoch, when ...

“The de-extinction of the dire wolf and an end-to-end system for de-extinction is transformative and heralds an entirely new ...

Disney’s conservation efforts aren’t limited to its parks. For years, Disney has helped monitor and protect sea turtles near ...