One of the rarest species on Earth, the Devils Hole pupfish, came close to extinction in recent months, thanks to an earthquake 500 miles from their deep desert cave. Now, worried scientists and ...

The Trump administration intends to overhaul the Endangered Species Act by changing what it means to harm an endangered or ...

Some of the UK's rarest wildlife is being "torched alive" and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass fires, ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

The possibility of the return of the dire wolf has set the internet aflutter with more talk about the idea of a real ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal ...

A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?

The dire wolf is a relative of the now-common gray wolf, with clear differences apparent between the two species' skeletons. Based on the sequence of two new dire wolf genomes, the researchers at ...

Gray wolf populations got a foothold in Shasta County and other parts of California. Their success means possible changes to ...

who runs the Lord Whisky charity near Canterbury, fears dozens of bunnies are languishing unloved in filthy hutches across the county after their owners lost interest in them. Lord Whisky Animal ...

Thousands of slaughtered farm animals are set to be buried near Hungary's border with Austria after a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the town of Levél. In the northern Hungarian Győr-Moson ...