U.K. woman tried to illegally sell two tiger skins, one each of a Bali tiger and a Javan tiger. The last records of the two subspecies being 1937...
Rare frog goes extinct, despite Atlanta’s rescue efforts A rare tree frog – the last documented member of a species relatively new to science –...
Some excerpts: "Scientists had assumed from fossil evidence that an ancient predecessor called the straight-tusked elephant (Paleoloxodon...
Mammoths could become a protected species to curb laundering of elephant tusks Despite being extinct for 4,000 years, woolly mammoths could get...
DNA study says there may be 11 kiwi species, ancestors driven apart by glaciers Kiwi are weird. The bumbling flightless birds have long...
Plot hatched to reintroduce extinct great auk to British shores The great auk could return to British shores for the first time in almost 200...
Rawlence, Nicolas J. et al. (2016). Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation...
Rare Sumatran rhino, once believed to be extinct, dies just weeks after being discovered A rare Sumatran rhinoceros has died in Indonesia, less...
Local rediscovery of Giant otters: Marmontel, M., Calvimontes U., J. and Carvalho Jr, O. (2015). Rediscovery of Pteronura brasiliensis in the...
"It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we inform you that Angalifu passed away today. He was 44 years old and under veterinary care for...
MURDOCH University researchers have discovered two new populations of a rare freshwater fish species near Denmark which are providing invaluable...
Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to...
A celebration today will mark 20 years since the discovery of a single population of about 30 Gilbert’s potoroos at Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve...
Abstract David Fleay's 1933 motion film footage of the last captive thylacine at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart was thought to be the only film...
There is now an increased possibility that the Norfolk Island green parrot, one of the rarest birds in the world, will avoid extinction following...
A recent survey done by the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, shows that the wild Chinese sturgeon is at risk of extinction. Researchers...
Below one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, scientists have made a remarkable discovery: a living cat-sized mammal that, until...
Living to fight another day – “extinct” Aldabra snail re-discovered in Seychelles (Seychelles News Agency) - Amid news of rising sea levels,...
Abstract The extinct São Miguel Scops Owl Otus frutuosoi n. sp. is described from fossil bones found in Gruta de Água de Pau, a volcanic tube...
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