Extinct

Climate change and the extinction crisis resonated with our readers this year — as did steps toward solving these problems.

A newly discovered plant genus could be wiped out by dams and mining. Could giving it a name save it from extinction?

Researchers have identified a new tree species in Cameroon, but it only grew in a landscape that has now been destroyed by agriculture.

The extinction of the Christmas Island flea — and the current risk to other parasites — shows a major gap in conservation efforts.

“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.