MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

A recent survey in Sri Lanka has given conservationists something to celebrate: The country's most threatened deer species is ...

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

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The list of animals pushed into extinction has grown even longer. In its latest update, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared several species extinct, ...

Recent animals extinctions are a warning that we need to change the way we live as if we don't me may loose some of the planets most iconic animals. We are currently in a mass extinction event as ...

So today, we’ve rounded up a list of animals that have sadly gone extinct: some in recent years, others within our lifetime. From the mysterious Japanese wolf to the majestic Sea Cow, these are ...

Tapanuli orangutans are the world's most endangered great ape. Fewer than 800 remain, all previously thought to be in their native Indonesia. But now an Indian zoo says it has one. An Indian court ...

Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have ...