Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers or Tasmanian wolves, went extinct in 1936. The conflict between them and settlers on the island is mostly to blame for the loss of this marsupial, but the trade in ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Ever wondered why you won't find kangaroos outside Australia? It all started with massive climate change millions of years ...

Koalas, a much-loved icon, are both endangered and abundant in Australia. We look at the big picture across an even bigger ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A recent analysis hosted at the University of Arizona has researchers arguing ...

Today's tigers include six geographical subspecies, including the Siberian tiger, South China tiger, Indo-Chinese tiger, ...

Three endangered tigers have celebrated their first birthday with a rummage through a pile of cardboard boxes. Nova, Nadirah and Naresh have turned one and Kasha Carter, head of carnivores at West ...

Born in the 1880s, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise lived through world wars and pandemics while becoming a symbol of ...

A California tiger salamander is photographed in a wetland in 2022 by officials from the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office. (File photo by Michael van Hattem/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) This ...

ZooTampa announced the birth of a critically endangered Eastern bongo calf on January 9. The female calf is the fourth Eastern bongo born at the zoo since 2021. There are fewer than 100 Eastern bongos ...

The house sparrow is about 15 centimeters long and weighs about 25–35 grams. It has brown and black striped upperparts and gray undersides. The male has a black throat patch and gray skullcap, while ...