Over the past few hundred years there have been many famous animal extinctions. Most recent animal extinctions are all down to humans with global warming and habitat destruction being the main factors ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on ...

Once upon a time, the likes of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg imagined a world where scientists on the cutting edge of genetic research pieced together bits of DNA, both ancient and modern, to ...

Researchers have warned that the findings should not be used as a ‘carte blanche’ for destructive human behaviour. View on ...

One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially, the IUCN said as it released its latest Red List of ...

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

The Sumatran rhino is one of the most endangered species in the world. Global wildlife conservation authority IUCN recently estimated that only 34 to 47 of these rhinos still exist in the wild, and ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was still home to enigmatic megafauna—large land animals such as giant marsupial ...