The extinction ended up erasing about 80-90% of marine species and approximately 70% of land-based vertebrate families, ...

During the late Pleistocene epoch, which took place between 126,000 and 11,700 years ago, hordes of megafauna species -- large organisms that weigh roughly 110 pounds or more -- died out in what ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a ...

The desert rat-kangaroo — a small marsupial species — was declared extinct in 1994. But, scientists believe it could be alive and “evading detection,” according to a new study. Photo from ...