The bandicoot was extinct in the wild in 1991, but the marsupial has now been “bred for survival” and will be released across ...

Bandicoots, a group of tiny nocturnal creatures once considered extinct, are back from the brink and making strides toward ...

A plant missing for nearly 60 years has been found again in one of Australia’s most remote landscapes, and the rediscovery ...

True extinction is final, a point of no return where a species disappears forever. And sadly, species go extinct all the time ...

Lazarus taxa, where a species is declared extinct but later learned to be alive and kicking, is the reason people think the megalodon still roams the oceans.

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the ...

Those who venture into Foul Air Cave, below Buchan township in eastern Victoria, quickly realise how it got its ominous name. In its deepest chambers, bacteria consume oxygen and excrete organic gases ...

Explore new research suggesting Neanderthal extinction was due to poor social connectivity, not climate change or competition ...