A citizen scientist’s wildlife photo helped researchers confirm two marsupial species thought extinct for over 7,000 years are still alive.

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are nowhere to be found. From human activity to climate change, new animals ...

Two tiny animals believed to have been extinct thousands of years ago have been rediscovered alive in the remote forests of Indonesia.

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

A research team traveled to South Africa’s Umzimkhulu River in 2017 with a specific mission: find surviving pockets of the ...

Researchers identified a new freshwater fish species in South Africa after years of genetic testing and analysis.

A search for a fish lost to extinction led to a brand-new species hiding in a South African river.