Biologist and study co-author Rob Felix said he stumbled across the grasshopper during a night walk on an island off the ...

Explore the haunting and fascinating footage of five extinct animals that vanished in recent history but were luckily ...

The islands and atolls of the western Indian Ocean once teemed with giant tortoises that weighed as much as 600 pounds and ...

Thanks to recent advances in genetics ... Michael Archer Black headed ferrets are one of North America's most endangered animals – every ferret alive today can trace its ancestry to just ...

In a recent interview, we discussed the practicality of de-extinction, and the lighter sides of genetic tinkering. What extinct animal would you most like to bring back to life? My answer changes ...

In most cases, what emerges is not an exact genetic copy of the extinct species ... differences between two species? It's a useful rule of thumb when assessing recent claims.

A new global assessment has identified 25 primate species that are now the most endangered on Earth including the Tapanuli ...