The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

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 ...

Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

Arian Wallach receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Erick Lundgren receives funding from the Centre for Open Science & Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution at the University of Alberta ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a thorough examination of the pigment-producing cells present in living mammals, ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...