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A new study from WWF International has reported that humans have wiped out 60 percent of the world’s mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles since 1970, and experts are now warning that wildlife destruction is an...

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of what may have been the largest predator to ever hunt on the African savanna. Found in Lesotho, the recently revealed fossilized footprints of a previously unknown "mega-carnivore"...

Scientists from Australia's University of Queensland and the Queensland government suspect the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent likely only found on the island of Bramble Cay, is the first species to go extinct because...

When working on an expansion project in the north end zone at Resser Stadium at Oregon State University, the last thing construction crew were expecting to find was a field full of bones...

Lonesome George, the last of the Pinta Island saddleback tortoises, died in 2012 after living for over one hundred years. Though George is gone, his species may not suffer the same tragic fate. Scientists are hard at work...

When you think about creatures that might survive an apocalypse event, you might think about cockroaches or some kind of armored lizard. A critter that is small and furry and, frankly, kind of cute isn’t what immediately...

As we trudge into what scientists are calling the Holocene extinction, it is difficult to ignore the destructive power that humans wield over the natural world...

Moscow State University just received Russia's largest-ever scientific grant in a bid to create a vertible 'Noah's Ark' containing the DNA of every living and extinct creature on the planet...

"Killing it to save it" seems to be the misguided logic a Texas man is using to justify his plans to hunt a Black Rhino in Namibia. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is evaluating the hunter's application for a permit to...

Pinta Island Tortoise (2012) Lonesome George was the last known Pinta Island Tortoise in the world, and he died on June 24, 2012. Although the exact age of the massive reptile was unknown, he was estimated to be over 100...