The heath hen once fluttered across the eastern U.S. in huge numbers. By the late 1800s, however, it had retreated to ...

Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big.

Rejoice at 10 scariest extinct animals you’ll be glad are gone. U.S. Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano discusses the potential opportunities for fraud in the program, an ...

Australia has a remarkable reputation as a place where animals believed to be extinct – sometimes for more than a century – ...

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotech company, made headlines this April after falsely claiming to resurrect the ...

A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth.

The previously unnamed species of elasmosaur is being called Traskasaura sandrae in honour of Mike Trask, who in 1988 ...

Although some biologists have since poured cold water on the actual science behind the dire wolf’s revival, there’s now talk ...

A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and ...

Some creatures made it from the prehistoric era to today. Discover 5 species that have survived since the age of dinosaurs.