These animals are extinct, but scientists are trying to bring some back It’s estimated that more than 99% of all the animal ...

Explore the haunting and fascinating footage of five extinct animals that vanished in recent history but were luckily captured on film. From the Yangtze River’s critically endangered Baiji dolphin, ...

A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and ...

2008's first-ever comprehensive global assessment of these animals revealed that a third of reef-building corals are threatened. Perhaps one of the most striking elements of the present extinction ...

Also known as the Polynesian tree snail or niho tree snail, the Partula snail (Partula nodosa) is actually one of several snail species of the genus—all of which are in danger of extinction.

The Père David’s Deer is making a comeback, as a fawn was just born in Southern California. The male fawn was born at the San ...

The ivory-billed woodpecker recently went from near total obscurity to superstardom when birders reported a sighting of the believed-to-be-extinct species. The world's third largest woodpecker was ...

The IUCN warned that releasing juvenile abalone may in fact destroy wild ... 42,108 species worldwide are now considered to be threatened with extinction. The Japanese giant salamander, which ...