The world's most endangered species of cat has seen a significant population increase in recent years.
Scientists have warned that the human race may be just as likely to disappear as a rare animal species.
Scientists have unearthed the fossil remains of a strange species of snake with four tiny limbs.
Michael Moss has spent the last two decades hunting for surviving members of the long extinct species.
A new species of centipede has been found inside a cave system 4,700ft below the Earth's surface.
Scientists have discovered a species of bat that was three times the size of any that are alive today.
With species disappearing in their thousands our planet may be on the verge of a mass extinction event.
A total of 139 weird and wonderful new plant and animal species have been discovered in South East Asia.
A doctoral student has identified a new species of meat-eating dinosaur with an extremely effective nose.
Palaeontologists have successfully unearthed the most complete skeleton of a terror bird ever found.
The skull of a Daspletosaurus shows evidence that it was partly eaten by a member of its own species.
A DNA analysis suggests that a woman known as Zana may have been from a long lost human subspecies.
Two of the world's most invasive species of termite may be mating to produce a new type of 'super' pest.
The gargantuan reptile was related to the Titanosaurs and roamed the Earth around 100 million years ago.
Found in the Ecuadorian Andes, the unique species is able to perfectly blend in with almost anything.
A new species of lizard that grew to the size of a car has been identified from fossils in Portugal.
The fossil of a previously unknown species of prehistoric aquatic reptile has been found at a museum.
A strange new type of amphibian that looks like a snake has been found in the Cambodian rainforest.
Our species developed more fragile bones when our ancestors switched from hunting to agriculture.
A species of warbler was observed evacuating its nest one day in advance of an approaching tornado.