Nevada holds vast stretches of habitat that scientists have only begun to catalog in detail. A University of Nevada, Reno ...

The specimen was long mislabeled, according to a new study. Paleontologists identified it as a previously undescribed genus ...

Herugavialis is the new name for a fossil found in the same rocks that built the Great Sphinx. The reptile is a unique branch ...

DNA analyses of ancient remains have revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species that inhabited southern Siberia ...

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 ...

The framework helps managers to decide whether a “conservation introduction” that moves a plant or animal outside its ...

Why large numbers of reptile species face extinction and what that means for our ecosystem. Globally, about 20 percent of reptile species are facing the threat of extinction. That ...

Scientists from Nevada and around the world are tracking species that are on their way to being extinct — plants and animals they refer to as "lost," meaning they haven't been seen in years, but ...

A bipartisan Endangered Species Act bill seeks recovery metrics and incentives, while separate House and regulatory fights ...