The Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus), also known as a Delacour's little grebe or a rusty grebe, was declared extinct in 2010, although it might have gone extinct years earlier.

Scientists believe the Earth has already gone through five mass extinction events, and many fear that we are already in the midst of a sixth. Hundreds of species of organisms have disappeared in ...

There are so many animals that have gone extinct through the ages that we’re choosing to focus just on creatures that went extinct relatively recently: from 1800 onward.

While we can’t say exactly how many animal species have gone extinct in the past 125 years, it’s estimated that between 200 and 500 species have faced extinction in the past century. In the ...

A tawny water fowl that lived in a tiny corner of Madagascar is extinct, wiped out by an introduced species of predatory fish and by nylon fishing nets, conservationists reported on Wednesday.

Paris - A tawny water fowl that lived in a tiny corner of Madagascar is extinct, wiped out by an introduced species of predatory fish and by nylon fishing nets, conservationists reported on Wednesday.

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The fragile bird, known as the alaotra grebe, was finally declared extinct 25 years after the last confirmed sighting, according to BirdLife International. - AP Photo ...

End of Alaotra grebe is further evidence of ... we are driving plants and animals over the abyss faster than ... announcing the change in its classification from critically endangered to extinct.