So many humans live on Earth, it’s hard to imagine there are animals we haven’t seen for years, decades, or even millions of ...

Scientists have discovered mosquitoes can act like tiny "flying wildlife surveyors," helping researchers detect elusive and endangered animals in Australia's national parks. A team from Macquarie ...

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, because the remote, difficult-to-navigate region where the fossils were ...

Researchers say the remarkable discovery was made using fossils, photos and a misidentified museum specimen ...

Across the globe, thousands of species face the threat of extinction due to habitat loss, poaching, pollution, and climate ...

A rare animal that was previously believed to be extinct has been captured on hidden trail cameras in California, according to a new study Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal ...

In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

The pygmy possum has a stripe down its back and an unusually long fourth finger, twice as long as the rest of its digits, that it uses to extract insect larvae that bores down into wood. It was last ...

Picture this: you’re a scientist digging near the Amazon rainforest, and you pull a jawbone out of the ground that looks so ...

BANGKOK, Thailand (WKRC) - A wild cat that was considered "possibly extinct" by scientists for decades was once again found in the wild, proving to be a "significant win for conservation." The ...