Extinct

“In the event of my imminent extinction, I hereby authorize the following as a testament of my wishes...”

This small, flightless bird, native to an atoll in the Pacific, went extinct as a direct result of World War II.

Exhaustive searchers have failed to turn up the lost Algerian species Adenocarpus faurei. Could other plants in the region also be extinct?

Bears Ears National Monument’s imperiled fossil heritage holds clues to understanding some of our most urgent questions about climate change.

The most famous rhino in the world has died, leaving behind two aging females and a hole in our world.

The subspecies has now been removed from the Endangered Species Act, 80 years after its last sighting.

The disappearance of a tiny oceanic parasite, researchers warn, indicates that overfishing has caused an ecosystem to fall out of balance.

They may not be the most charismatic group of species, but we can learn a lot from the lowly snail.

Extensive searches for this tiny microbat have failed to locate any survivors. The exact cause of its extinction remains unknown.