She arrived at Naples Zoo in 2013 from Ohio after being genetically matched through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ ...

In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

The Endangered Egg in Adopt Me! gives you the chance to get 11 different pets. These animals are difficult to find otherwise, ...

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

Scientists may have been dramatically undercounting the number of vertebrate species on Earth. A large analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every recognized species of fish, bird, ...

Few aircraft sounds are as recognizable as the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines that powered the legendary Lancaster bomber. When “Just Jane,” one of the few surviving examples, fires up its engines, the ...

They may be the size of a Shetland pony and weigh up to 275kg (600lb) but pigmy hippos are very hard to spot in the wild. In their West African homelands they live in dense forest and only move around ...