Its been just over 60 years since we discovered the species—and now there may be less than 20 of them left in the world.

EXTINCTION
From Benjamin the thylacine to Lonesome George the Pinta Island Tortoise, these endlings had an unfortunate claim to fame.
The dodo isn't the only tragic tale.
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is designed to safeguard the world's crops against extinction, and it's getting a major upgrade to keep it safe.
Some of 2017’s best feel-good stories involved the sudden, dramatic reappearances of ultra-rare animals.
The presumed remains of the ancient penguins are a “jumbled mixture” of bones from three modern species.
Ninety percent of frogs alive today descend from just three lineages that survived the extinction 66 million years ago.
The next time you’re feeling less than brave, remind yourself you’re already one of nature’s great success stories.
When the mass extinction began, Lystrosaurus shortened its lifespan—and its mating cycle.
A new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History argues that birds are just another kind of dinosaur.
TX68 appeared to have a four in 1 billion chance of hitting Earth. That may sound like a long shot, but the odds were four times higher than the threshold NASA has set for potentially hazardous objects.
A study of what dodos' brains probably looked like suggests they were about as intelligent as pigeons—which are pretty smart.
Scanning a long-dead museum specimen revealed a pigment rarely found in ducks.
A quarry pit may hold clues pointing to a mass extinction more than 65 million years ago.
One major threat? Collectors and horticulturists harvest the wild plants and sell them illegally.
Nearly 200 species of frogs have gone extinct since the 1970s. Hundreds more may be at risk.
New facts continue to emerge about the long-gone species from Down Under.
Just over a century ago, the world’s last passenger pigeon died at Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo on September 1. The extinction set off a worldwide bird conservation movement.