Quick Take Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died, underscoring extinction and the emotional toll on caretakers.

When Sudan the white rhino was put down by his carers earlier this year, it confirmed the extinction of one of the savannah’s most iconic subspecies. Despite decades of effort from conservationists, ...

In 1866, a billion-strong flock of passenger pigeons, 300 miles long and one mile wide, darkened the skies of Ontario for 14 hours as they flew overhead. But less 50 years later, these impressive ...

Analysis: If technology manages to recreate extinct animals like the Woolly Mammoth and the Dodo, would they be patented and monitised? What if some extinct species – especially animals that are ...

A zoo in Devon has begun cryogenically freezing genetic samples of some of its most endangered animals in a bid to save them from extinction. Paignton Zoo has teamed up scientific charity Nature's ...

Woolly mammoths went extinct around 4,000 years ago, but scientists claim America will soon see the prehistoric animal in 2028. Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotechnology and genetic ...

In a scientific breakthrough that could forever change how humans interact with our planet, Colossal Biosciences said it has brought back an extinct animal that last walked the Earth roughly 10,000 ...

A shark that scientists had only just discovered might already be extinct – a fate no shark has yet suffered in the human era, a Red List of species in trouble shows. More than a quarter of the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should," said Jeff Goldblum's character Dr Ian Malcolm in the 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park". People ...