Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

A giant tortoise species believed extinct for more than a century has been formally confirmed alive. Genetic analysis published in 2022 established that a female tortoise found on Fernandina Island in ...

For some species, extinction seemed certain - until someone found proof they were still alive. In this video, we look at five remarkable animals that were once believed to be gone forever, from the ...