Australia’s giant Protemnodon kangaroos didn’t die out everywhere at the same time. Instead, extinction proceeded one habitat ...

Skeptics also argue that animals manipulated to mimic extinct ones likely have no future in the wild. “They have to be taught how to live and hunt and take care of themselves,” Klugman said.

Hunting and trapping almost drove them to extinction in the lower 48 states by the mid-20th century. Naomi Louchouarn, program director of wildlife partnerships at Humane World for Animals and an ...

Selecting the world's fastest land animal, the cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952 because of over-hunting and habitat destruction. Now, most of the world's cheetah population lives on ...

"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said Jonny Shepherd/TNC-ZSL; TNC-ZSL The once-extinct Sihek ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as ...

The Guam kingfisher is no longer found in Guam, but thanks to the help of a handful of zoos, including Cincinnati's, there's ...