The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Discover the fascinating predictions made in 1924 about the year 2024. From flinging beds to the extinction of horses, some were surprisingly accurate.

Scientists fighting to save Tasmania's ancient Maugean skate from extinction say some have died in a captive breeding program.

Volcano-top orchid also named by scientists contending with extinctions caused by the human destruction of nature

Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths or mystical beasts. But if you go back though the human lineage you’ll find a very distant relative that stood three metres tall and weighed around 250 kilograms. This was Gigantopithecus blacki, the mightiest of all the primates and one of…

Climate change and scarce food sources contributed to the extinction of giant apes in China, as revealed by a new study. These 10-foot-tall, 650-pound apes...

A new study suggests an ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction by environmental changes

We tend to think of debt as purely financial, but we can also reap what we sow in the natural world through what is known as extinction debt. This concept refers to changes in the past that affect a species’ survival in the future.

Researchers say areas should be connected to allow populations to stabilize naturally.

Back from the brink of extinction, the Golden Globes returns this month to declare awards season open – but would Hollywood rather look the other way?