As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Mass extinction events are infamous, entirely destroying many species in one fell swoop. But this particular extinction event ...

DALLAS — The place where the dead may be brought back to life is a drab, single-story building in an office park next to a semitruck lot. Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth ...

FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...

taxidermy museum exhibits, and fossilized skeletons, with the ultimate goal of restoring the fauna to their natural habitat. Advocates say resurrecting extinct animals is attracting new investors ...

"There's just a lot we don't know, and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity ...

All around the world, scientists are working to recreate lost animal species such as the mammoth. Using modern genetic techniques, they’re extracting ancient genetic material from museum exhibits.

What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas longhorn, the Florida panther and the California grizzly bear?

"There's just a lot we don't know, and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity ...