Australia just welcomed back a once-extinct animal in world-first programme ...

(photoz/Canva) 'Extinct' volcanoes that haven't erupted for tens of thousands of years may not actually be inactive, but ...

Eastern barred bandicoots have returned to mainland Australia after being locally extinct for decades.

The bandicoot was extinct in the wild in 1991, but the marsupial has now been “bred for survival” and will be released across ...

Bandicoots, a group of tiny nocturnal creatures once considered extinct, are back from the brink and making strides toward ...

True extinction is final, a point of no return where a species disappears forever. And sadly, species go extinct all the time ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

A plant missing for nearly 60 years has been found again in one of Australia’s most remote landscapes, and the rediscovery ...

Explore new research suggesting Neanderthal extinction was due to poor social connectivity, not climate change or competition ...

Those who venture into Foul Air Cave, below Buchan township in eastern Victoria, quickly realise how it got its ominous name. In its deepest chambers, bacteria consume oxygen and excrete organic gases ...