Every year, species disappear forever. But sometimes, nature delivers an astonishing surprise. Across remote islands, deep ...
The short-tailed roundleaf bat was feared extinct until scientist Iroro Tanshi found one in Afi sanctuary in Nigeria, and set out to protect the only confirmed roosting colony ...
On one of the final days of 1938, a fishing trawler off the coast of South Africa reeled in a massive creature unlike anything the crew had seen before. It was nearly five feet in length, and its fins ...
An endemic tulip species long thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in northern Türkiye’s Amasya province after 130 ...
Each day, 200 species of flora and fauna go extinct. Despite these numbers, it is rare to watch a species cease to exist in ...
For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...
The night parrot is a beautiful green and yellow bird native to Australia. These birds are nocturnal, nesting on the ground and favoring desert environments. The night parrot is extremely lightweight ...
Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...