When you think of extinct animals, you might go to a saber-toothed cat, or the infamous dodo. But there are, unfortunately, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...