Learn how researchers used mass spectrometry of collagen to successfully identify some of Australia's megafauna.

Victorians believed their state was the sole home for Leadbeater's possum, their critically endangered state faunal emblem.

An island off the coast of Australia has become a beloved tourist destination due to its adorable resident. Quokkas are small ...

The species was declared locally extinct in 2016 and last recorded in the wild more than a century ago, wildlife officials ...

On the edge of a dense forest on a rugged Australian island, an enormous stump rises from the ground—all that remains of a ...

The Trump administration on April 16, 2025, issued a proposed rule to rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species across the country. The proposal has profound, life-altering ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations human rights office in Colombia warned Tuesday that five Indigenous groups in a storied mountain range face “physical and cultural” extinction ...

UN warns of 'ongoing tragedy' as Indigenous groups in Colombia face extinction The United Nations human rights office in Colombia warned Tuesday that five Indigenous groups in a storied mountain ...

A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct. The whale is the North ...

Australia’s only hibernating marsupial is one of the snow country’s most adorable animals, but for many years it was believed to be lost forever. Previously only known from fossil records, the ...

In 2021, the species’ global IUCN status improved from endangered to vulnerable. On Australia’s southern Yorke Peninsula, the brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata), a tiny marsupial ...