San Nicolas Island Fox Subspecies At Low Risk of Extinction; Island of the Blue Dolphins Sheds Light to This Declining Mammalian Population

Medicine & Technology Aug 24, 2021

The population of the San Nicolas Island fox, a subspecies of the Channel Island Species is found to be declining, almost by 50 percent with just 332 foxes left several years ago.

Flightless Bird Manages to "Come Back" From Extinction

May 14, 2019

Scientists have announced that a flightless bird that has become extinct around 136,000 years ago has managed to return.

Endangered Subspecies of Giraffe Born in Chester Zoo, Raising Hope For The Future of The Species

Dec 31, 2014

The tallest terrestrial animal on the planet, giraffes, occupy the scorching plains of Sub-Saharan Africa. And, despite popular knowledge, "giraffe" is what scientists like to call an umbrella common name, consisting of, at least 9 different subspecies. And while some subspecies are more abundant than the rest, one particular subspecies that is quite endangered has new hope on the horizon. On December 29th, a Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti) calf, named Zahra, was born at the Chester Zoo in England, added some new genetic variation into the small population left in captivity of Rothschild's giraffes.