We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...

Likely the first extinction event of the 2000s in Europe, the sad history of the Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is a powerful example of the ever-increasing species loss worldwide due to ...

Dear EarthTalk: What’s new with the de-extinction movement that’s trying to bring back extinct wildlife species? – P.L., Danbury, CT De-extinction, the concept of resurrecting extinct species, has ...

For the vast majority of human existence, extinction has been a one-way process. If a species has gone extinct, the species is forever lost to the world, until now. Thanks to advances in genetics, ...

I am exhausted and pissed off. I’ve got better things to do than this. So forgive my ire, on this sunny day, my normally sunny disposition is temporarily on hold. Here’s a fact: to date, one single ...