These creatures were built to withstand the Ice Age with their thick fur and insulating fat layers. As the climate warmed and ...
The rare catch can grow up to 4 feet and weigh more than 66 pounds. Scientists stunned after reeling in mammoth creature once ...
In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only ...
Lonesome George was discovered motionless in his enclosure, one morning in June 2012. Overnight, George had taken not only ...
The woolly mammoth was a large, warm-blooded herbivore that lived in the cold tundra of Asia, Europe, and North America ...
The genetic history of the aurochs, an extinct cattle species, was a mystery until scientists analyzed DNA found in the bones of ancient animals.
From fearsome land mammals to deadly sea creatures, we rank the most terrifying animals that once roamed Earth.
Researchers have determined that grid-like patterns on schist slabs from Ice Age site of Gönnersdorf in Germany depict fish ...
De-extinction scientists have turned their attention to species from more 'recent' times — notably the Quaternary Period, ...
Explore the many promises and concerns posed about the possibility of bring back animals thought to have been lost forever to ...
This is the final installment of Barry Zellen's series on Arctic geopolitics. Thinking about the peopling of the Americas in ...
After the last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity over 80 years ago, this marsupial predator might be a few steps away from a return to the world of the living.