The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

The coastal marten is about the size of a ferret and lives in heavily wooded forests.

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

Scientists uncover a ‘lost world’ inside a New Zealand cave, revealing fossils of extinct birds and frogs from 1 million years ago. The discovery offers rare insight into ancient ecosystems.

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

Two ancient wolf pups found entombed in Siberian permafrost more than a decade ago are revealing new stories, thanks to rich DNA clues preserved inside their bodies. In a first, researchers found a ...

Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the dire wolf, a ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines significantly influenced extinction patterns for animals living in the shallow oceans ...

A tiny native shrub declared extinct has made a stunning comeback in far north Queensland - and it’s all thanks to a ...