The Chel snakehead, also known as the Channa amphibeus, hadn’t had a recorded sighting since the last of the specimens was ...

It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...

The rhinoceros relatives were believed to have gone extinct before the unanticipated ... aimed to offer an essential refuge for species in danger of extinction. 'The PEC [Cunhambebe State ...

However, many other species have gone extinct when nothing dramatic seemed to be happening. Some of these surely were related to the effects of predators, parasites and competitors—though the ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...

Eventually, the team hopes for a return of these stars to Monterey Bay, where they can help maintain kelp forests, which are ...

As visitors trudged through a snow-covered hiking trail at Lake Metroparks’ Penitentiary Glen Reservation on a cold Presidents Day, they learned about large animals that lived in Ohio during a ...

The idea of unleashing a pack of wolves in the Scottish Highlands might sound like the start of a horror film. But scientists ...

Wild Fish Conservancy has notified NOAA Fisheries of its intent to sue for failing to meet legal deadlines under the Endangered Species Act and delaying federal protections to at-risk Alaskan Chinook ...

Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades.

After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, this ecological “unicorn” was spotted alive and well in the ...

A rare species of fish thought to be extinct for the last 85 years was discovered in the same river in India where it was ...