And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

In the race to save birdlife around the world, time is running out—and doing everything right still won’t be enough. Despite global conservation goals and urgent policies aimed at protecting nature, ...

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

A bird once declared extinct in the wild has just laid eggs in Hawaii. The sihek, also known as the Guam kingfisher, has a striking burnt orange breast, electric blue wings, and a sharp beak. Native ...

A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first and last time in 1882, ...

The Sihek is among the most endangered bird species in the world. For the first time in almost 40 years, recently released Siheks have laid eggs in the wild. Conservationists hope to release more ...

A once-extinct bird is laying eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. Sihek, a now-endangered bird returned to the wild in 2024, has laid wild eggs in its new home in Hawaii, according ...

Four proposed rules could make it easier to drill for oil or harvest timber in areas where endangered species live.

How did extinct animals move? Paleontologists are interested in figuring this out since it can tell us more about their ways of life, such as whether they were agile enough to hunt prey. It can also ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — An endangered finch is once again calling Kuaihelani, also known as the Midway Atoll, home after being away from its home for 80 years. On July 21 and July 22, U.S. Fish and ...