The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Researchers say there was low diversity of dinosaur species in central China for last 2 million years

'Reduced footfall, coupled with an unprecedented rise in energy costs after 22 months of Covid lockdown closures and restrictions, means we are almost certainly looking at the permanent closure of many more pubs'

The cheetahs may have to be monitored for their entire life as they are the first ones on the ground.

Arrival of eight big cats coincides with the 72nd birthday of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — At a high alpine lake here, researchers with clipboards and pens are conducting painstaking surveys that may be essential for saving butterflies and other insects from extinction.

White-nose syndrome is killing off many bat colonies across North America. The same disease is decimating the northern long-eared bat population, which is also on the brink of extinction.

U.S. officials are proposing to list the tricolored bat as endangered

Sharks are some of the most ecologically important and most threatened animals on Earth. Recent reports show that up to one-third of all known species of sharks and their relatives, rays, are threatened with extinction. Unsustainable overfishing is the biggest threat by far.

A rare “orchid of the falls” plant has been declared extinct after a hydroelectric dam destroyed its only habitat

Efforts to halt the decline of Australia's threatened species are failing dismally, a new report card warns on National Threatened Species Day.

There are believed to be fewer than 1,500 golden-shouldered parrots left in a small parcel of Cape York in far north Queensland — the only place they are found in the world.