A type of extinct kangaroo, known as the “giant wallaby,” lived during the Pleistocene era. These creatures existed around two and a half million to ten thousand years ago. Let’s Discover how recent ...

More than 99% of all living species have gone extinct. Whole time periods are buried in layers of rock and sediment and, with it, libraries of information about Earth’s history and what came before us ...

The largest survey of Australia's freshwater fish suggests about one third should be listed as threatened species.

Three-quarters of Australia's freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This makes us the sole custodians ...

How can we stop Australia's freshwater fish from going extinct? We dive into the facts to save these special species.

The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat — a rodent related to chipmunks — used to be plentiful in the Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties in California, but it was thought to be near-extinct ...

Humans have been turning wild animals into pets for thousands of years. Pets—animals kept for companionship, not for food or ...

Leg traps, cages and AI gel sprayers are being deployed against feral cats on Kangaroo Island but the Invasive Species ...

Analysis of 216 extinct species by biologists found birds endemic to islands, occupied ecologically specific niche, lacking flight, with large bodies and sharply angled wings were the ones likely ...

Oct. 28, 2024 — A new study shows the remarkable adaptability of the critically endangered Cat Ba langurs. Despite low genetic diversity, the langurs have retained key genetic traits that help ...

Property rights undergird our prosperity and have been forgotten for at least half a century, in an accelerating amnesia ...