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Eight crested ibises were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in ...

Across the planet, islands are homes to species of animals that cannot be found anywhere else. Isolated from the mainland, these species become genetically different from close relatives simply ...

Apex predators are often seen as a threat. Because of this, conflicts with apex predators have historically led to culling ...

Eight crested ibises were released into the wild, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. The endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony ...

Within the next couple of decades, the Key Largo woodrat could go extinct if the Burmese python population continues as is, a ...

As if becoming a parent wasn’t already stressful enough in general, having to pick the name your baby will be known by for the rest of their lives can feel like an overwhelming responsibility. Each ...

Humans once shared the planet with a rival built for cold and combat, then they vanished and we stayed. In this new video, you'll find out what might have given our ancestors the edge, how Neanderthal ...

In all, 75% of Earth's species went extinct, including the nonavian dinosaurs. So how did some animals ‪—‬ including species ...

According to Sergey Aramilev, director of the Amur Tiger center, researchers will be able to gauge the tigers’ personalities based how they react to their new habitat and the way they explore it ...

Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.