Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

So many humans live on Earth, it’s hard to imagine there are animals we haven’t seen for years, decades, or even millions of ...

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...

Dire wolves were massive and highly intelligent animals nearly the size of a small horse, capable of ripping a man’s arm off as easily as a dog kills a rat. They lived in cold regions in a place ...

The late 1900s were a time of rapid change for our planet, and unfortunately, some of its most unique inhabitants did not survive. Between the 1980s and 1990s, several animal species disappeared ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and wildlife. Curiosity Stream/YouTube Dire wolves, the canine companions from Game ...