Trail camera in New South Wales national park recorded a Leadbeater’s possum, critically endangered species long thought to be locally extinct, officials said.

Research data suggests humans may have nearly gone extinct almost 1 million years ago, but scientists aren't sure why. ... Hopefully new discoveries, like those of extinct human species, ...

More information: Carli Peters et al, Collagen peptide markers for three extinct Australian megafauna species, Frontiers in Mammal Science (2025). DOI: 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1564287.

Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be extinct. Suspected footage of Zaglossus attenboroughi -- the long-beaked ...

Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild are thriving. Scientists are also working to bring back the species.

The roan antelope, thought to be extinct in Kenya’s Mara Triangle, has returned after more than a decade, signaling wildlife conservation success, experts said.

The roan antelope, thought to be extinct in Kenya’s Mara Triangle, has returned after more than a decade, signaling wildlife conservation success, experts said.

Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.

AI Algorithm Helps Rescue an Almost Extinct Pigeon Species, Locate the ‘Little Dodo’s’ Call Conservationists worldwide have been trying to reinvigorate many species. For this purpose ...

“The Proof Is Out There” season 5 premieres Friday, June 13 at 10 p.m. ET with an episode covering Yeti footage, a group alien sighting, and more.

The extinct insects that have returned to the UK after more than 30 years. Experts said it was ‘like bringing them back from the dead ... this week by the Species Recovery Trust (SRT).

The continent was teeming with enormous kangaroos, wombats, and tapir-like marsupials only 50,000 years ago.