While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

Somewhere on Earth, species are vanishing faster than ever. The 2025 IUCN Red List update revealed that nearly 49,000 species ...

Arian Wallach receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Erick Lundgren receives funding from the Centre for Open Science & Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution at the University of Alberta ...

Getty Image While Australia is home to some of the most impressive wildlife, it is also home to a sad fact. Being in complete ...

We rely on smell more than most people may realize. Across mammals, scent guides feeding, warns of danger, and shapes social behavior. A new international study shows that this vital sense leaves a ...

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Those that have joined the International Union for the ...

Around 20% of species threatened with extinction, 11.5% near threatened, shows latest Mammal Red List by Endangered Wildlife ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

It was the ninth “most wanted” lost species — a list that comprises over 2,000 species across 160 countries. Near-extinct species rediscovered for first time in 200 years: 'Nature surprises us' first ...