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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

14 ocean animals have gone extinct in the last 100 years, and 72 are on the verge of extinction. An international deal was reached Saturday to protect marine wildlife, after decades of talk.

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.

Gigantic lions prowled North America for tens of thousands of years before going extinct. Where did they go?

By the mid-1800s, less than 200 years since European arrival, Cape lions had been hunted to extinction. ... considering how close the skulls' collection was to the species' extinction.

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 ...