An expert biodiversity ranger was called in to respond to a tip about a local bird species in New Zealand previously thought to be extinct, the Miami Herald reported. After multiple days of failed ...

The image on the right is the last known photograph of the tooth-billed pigeon, taken by Moeumu Uili in December 2013. The Colossal Foundation has developed an AI algorithm that can detect the ...

One of the unique aspects of our modern era is the ability to preserve sights and sounds. While an animal’s extinction means its physical presence is gone forever, technology allows us to experience a ...

A $10,000 reward has been offered to anyone who can prove that a thought-to-be extinct creature is still alive. Although New ...

Birds are vanishing at an alarming rate. Since the Late Pleistocene, thousands of species have disappeared forever. Estimates ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

While the ivory-billed woodpecker has attracted a lot of attention in the 21st century due to reported sightings, it was not been the only Arkansas-dwelling bird that went extinct during the 20th ...

A rare Galapagos bird believed to have disappeared from one island nearly two centuries ago has been detected again following ...

Unfortunately, as the world changes, some animals just can’t evolve quickly enough to make it, and they go extinct. This has ...

The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō (Moho braccatus) was a unique bird that exclusively lived on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi. It was a type of Hawaiian honeyeater, a group of birds known for their long, narrow bills, ...