A heartwarming rediscovery has been made on the world’s largest tropical island. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) has made an appearance despite not being recorded for 62 ...

Under attack in Extinction was the biodiversity, the ecosystems of our planet that allow life in all its guises to – well – carry on. There are natural extinctions, of course, as acknowledged here.

Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be ...

Surviving undocumented for 62 years is the defining achievement of the rediscovered Zaglossus attenboroughi species. The existence of only 5 modern species creates a critical vulnerability within the ...