Some animals once believed extinct have stunned scientists by reappearing decades, centuries, or even millions of years after vanishing from the fossil record or disappearing from human observation.

When an animal moves from the endangered species list to being officially extinct, it's undeniably a sad day. The creature ...

Scientists are working to revive twelve extinct animals—including the woolly mammoth, dodo, Tasmanian tiger, and passenger ...

Recent animals extinctions are a warning that we need to change the way we live as if we don't me may loose some of the planets most iconic animals. We are currently in a mass extinction event as ...

Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists.

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Dodo birds could return from extinction in just "five to seven years," according to a company that specializes in reviving extinct animals. The dodo bird went extinct less than 80 ...