Now, evidence suggests that some of these spiral-shaped species did manage to persist after all. Recent analysis of ammonite ...

Unfortunately, as the world changes, some animals just can’t evolve quickly enough to make it, and they go extinct. This has ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

During the Early-Middle Devonian period, a large landmass called Gondwana—which included parts of today's Africa, South America, and Antarctica—was located near the South Pole. Unlike today's icy ...

After decades of global conservation efforts, green sea turtles are rebounding. However, climate change and human pressures ...

Researchers captured the novel behavior on video in the Gulf of California, recording three separate takedowns across two hunts carried out by members of the Moctezuma pod Their fur is so soft it ...

OUT ABOUT HER JOURNEY HERE TO KANSAS CITY. SHE MIGHT BE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AND A LITTLE SHY, BUT YOU COULD STILL SEE HER RIGHT NOW AT SEA LIFE. THEY EVEN NEED YOUR HELP PICKING OUT HER NAME FOR ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An endangered loggerhead sea turtle was released Monday morning into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach nearly three months after being hit by a boat. The adult female, ...

Endangered species are animals that are at risk of disappearing forever, typically animals with dangerously low population numbers, shrinking habitats and a loss of geographic range. There are animals ...