Pigs, rats, cats, and mongooses, all brought to the island decades earlier by humans, were to blame for their demise, preying ...

Its rediscovery didn’t come easily. Vejmělka’s team trekked up Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea’s highest peak, at around ...

There is conclusive evidence that Crocidura trichura populations declined dramatically since 1900. In fact, some suspected it ...

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.

The wait is nearly over. Science Centre Singapore, in collaboration with the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty ...

From cassowaries to kiwis, these 10 birds prove dinosaurs never truly vanished — evolution just gave them feathers, speed, ...

Birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, not crocodiles. Modern birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs. They ...

Most of our knowledge of New Zealand's prehistoric bird diversity comes from long-lost species with bones large enough to be ...

New research led by UNSW Sydney paleontologists challenges the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted Australia's megafauna to extinction, suggesting instead they were fossil collectors.

Sandhill cranes are arriving at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge near Zimmerman, taking a rest along their southerly migration route. From mid-October to early November the refuge typically hosts ...

Japan's red-headed wood pigeon has enjoyed a massive rebound and avoided the dangers of inbreeding in the process, according to Kyoto University. The bird had a population below 80 in the 2000s before ...