So many humans live on Earth, it’s hard to imagine there are animals we haven’t seen for years, decades, or even millions of ...

The late 1900s were a time of rapid change for our planet, and unfortunately, some of its most unique inhabitants did not survive. Between the 1980s and 1990s, several animal species disappeared ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are nowhere to be found. From human activity to climate change, new animals ...

Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on ...

This year, at least six animal and insect species moved to the Extinct category of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

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