We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...

Prehistoric humans hunt a woolly mammoth. More and more research shows that this species – and at least 46 other species of megaherbivores – were driven to extinction by humans. The debate has raged ...

For over a hundred years, the South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) was thought to have vanished from Brazil’s coastal Atlantic Forest. But now, in an extraordinary twist, hidden trail cameras ...

Long before humans walked the planet, a massive creature ruled the forests and open plains of ancient Eurasia. Paraceratherium, a hornless giant and a distant relative of today’s rhinoceroses, lived ...

Every new extinction ripples out beyond the affected species, from ecosystems to human knowledge across culture, spirituality ...

"The art of tracking may well be the origin of science." This is the departure point for a 2013 book by Louis Liebenberg, co-founder of an organization devoted to environmental monitoring. The demise ...