Passenger pigeons, once the most abundant bird in North America, were extinct by 1914. But there's a chance that might change. An organization called Revive and Restore is enlisting the support of preeminent scientists and the National Geographic Society to…
The "little dodo", a flightless parrot and the world's largest ibis are among the world's 100 most unusual and endangered birds, according to a new study. Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Yale University assessed the world's…
Amphibian experts are in search of "lost amphibians"—virtually extinct animals that may be eking out an existence in a few scattered hideouts, conservationists say. Scientists with the Conservation International and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Amphibian Specialist…