The WWF estimates that only around 100 of these shy big cats are left in the wild, ... With just two individuals remaining, the Northern white rhino is the rarest animal in the world.

The vaquita is the rarest animal in the world and the rarest marine mammal. These porpoises swim in the Gulf of California and were only discovered in 1958, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Species around the planet are going extinct every day. Habitat loss, poaching, climate change and other factors are to blame, leading to many animals becoming extremely rare in the wild. From big ...

Click here to see the world’s rarest and possibly extinct animals. Click here to see our methodology. vivtony00 / Flickr. 1. Kouprey Scientific name: Bos sauveli Date last recorded in wild: 1969/70 ...

Americans celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act late last year, serving as a reminder of the 1,662 domestic and 638 foreign species it protects. The act is credited with saving ...

What if we told you that in some parts of the world, there are creatures so odd and rare that many people don’t even know ... Here is a list of some of the strangest animals around the world. 1.

World Animal Day educates about animal rights, highlighting endangered species like El Rincon stream frogs, Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse, and Vaquita Porpoise. Established by Heinrich Zimmerman ...

An ecologist captured rare footage of a wombat emerging from its burrow. These extremely rare mammals are some of Australia’s hardest to find, as only 400 are left in the world, the Australian ...

Some of the rarest animals in the world are at a living museum in Central Indiana. Heather Bushman. Goats, by the tens, traverse freely around the barn at Conner Prairie.

Earth’s continents and oceans are full of endangered animals that deserve your attention. This week New Scientist brings you the story of the Hainan gibbon, the world’s rarest mammal. Here are ...

A rare species of deer thought to be on the brink of extinction has been born at Chester Zoo in England. The tiny Philippine spotted deer named Hercules arrived in October, standing just under a ...