Several hominid species were consistently exposed to lead for almost two million years, which may have given modern humans a ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

Learn about the extinction crisis facing Australia and the plight of extinct endangered animals, including the Christmas ...

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

Huge spiders have come back from the brink of extinction and are now being found in homes across the UK. Experts said the ...

While many plants and animals are lost to us forever, this little bird has just been very good at hiding. The night parrot ...

From three species of Arctic seals to more than half of all birds globally, several animals have slipped closer to extinction ...

A coral species believed to be extinct, Rhizopsammia wellingtoni, believed to be extinct for 24 years was recently ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warns that more than 42,000 species now face the threat of ...

A SPECIES of instinct thought to be extinct in Britain for almost a decade has been spotted. The discovery was made at the ...

A species of insect thought to have been extinct in Britain since 2016 has been found in north Wales. The limnephilus pati, a ...