Using cutting-edge ancient DNA analysis, scientists have found evidence of trees like oak, elm, and hazel growing on this now-submerged landscape over 16,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than ...

A new study sheds light on the hidden lives of coastal marten. Researchers at Oregon State University have sharpened the picture of one of the West Coast’s most elusive mammals: the coastal marten.

American bison, by contrast, have a long, shaggy coat covering their front quarters, front legs and heads, light or dark ...

In biology and paleontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal's skeleton ...

Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.

Scientists have identified a 3.3-million-year-old giant prehistoric monster crocodile species that likely hunted early human ...

Researchers investigating the prehistoric wetlands of the Duvensee Moor in Schleswig-Holstein have uncovered the skull of a wild aurochs that had once been mounted on a wooden post near what is ...

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

The South Island takahē is a bird presumed extinct for 50 years, but it made a comeback. It is still a vulnerable species.

If you’ve ever wanted to experience what it might be like to walk among dinosaurs without the whole “getting eaten alive” ...

Sometimes, nature delivers a surprise that feels almost miraculous. Scientists have confirmed that two small marsupial species — the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider — are still ...

For the first time, Colossal BioSciences unveiled its Dallas labs where it is spending millions of dollars researching how to revive extinct animals and save endangered ones.