For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

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 ...

A stunning butterfly classed as extinct for 30 years has been spotted across parts of England. The Large Tortoiseshell has ...

The Large Tortoiseshell has only had rare sightings over the last three decades but experts say any updated list of species would 'probably class it as no longer extinct' ...

In the mallee woodlands of New South Wales, Australia, pint-sized marsupials called red-tailed phascogales once thrived.

A rare painted river terrapin hatched at the Smithsonian National Zoo, giving conservationists hope for a turtle species ...

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

A near pristine desert and coastal wilderness in Namibia could soon host a huge hydrogen production facility.

At around 61km 2 San Marino, in Europe, is one of the world’s smallest countries. Entirely landlocked, it is surrounded by Italy. It does, however, have a surprising variety of habitats given its ...