These stories remind us that nature can sometimes surprise us. Resident discovers bird feared to be extinct at historic site: ...

Researchers uncovered one vertebra, and based on its size, they estimate the massive creature was at least 30 feet long when ...

Great bustards are listed as endangered worldwide by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and are found outside Morocco in Spain, a few small populations in central Europe, western Asia ...

As human beings have grown wealthier, they have come to care about environmental stewardship and gained the resources to act on their newfound compassion for wildlife.

Once reviled, the Greater Adjutant stork was nearly extinct, but the conservation efforts of Dr. Purnima Devi Barman and her 'Hargila Army' has turned the bird's fate around. Greater Adjutant ...

Major Storm in New Zealand Uncovers 1-Million-Year-Old Footprint of Giant Extinct Flightless Bird Moa Extreme weather seldom ...

The notion of resurrecting extinct species has long captured the human imagination ... Image by Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. New Zealand’s moa were giant flightless birds whose ...

The giant moa, an extinct group of flightless birds native to New Zealand, once reigned as one of the tallest and most impressive avian species in the world. Standing up to 3.6 meters (about 12 feet) ...

A picture of a snow-white wolf is splashed across the front page of TIME magazine – but is it really an extinct species back from the dead? The creature is a genetically modified wolf made by Colossal ...

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to ...

Dallas scientists claim to have resurrected an extinct dire wolf, but critics question whether the new pups can be considered true descendants the species that roamed North America thousands of years ...