The 31-year-old soft-spoken scientist has been dubbed ‘cockroach lord’ and occasionally finds himself in demand for very ...

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

A tiny possum with one extra-long finger on each hand is one of two species thought to have been extinct that have been ...

The Guam kingfisher was extinct in the wild. Through coordinated breeding, cultural consultation, and careful reintroduction ...

The strawberry guava, one of the world’s worst invasive species, hinders forest restoration on the island while feeding its ...

The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says ...

A viral social media exchange involving Elon Musk has revived debate about whether science could one day recreate extinct ...

Researchers say there are billions of fewer birds than in 1987. The study links the strongest overall declines to regions ...

Scientists working with Indigenous communities in Papua, Indonesia, have stunned the conservation world by confirming that ...

Scientists are identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, and DNA tools could reveal billions more hiding.

In an exceptional scientific discovery, scientists have found a tiny possum and ring-tailed glider in West Papua after 6,000 ...