The islands and atolls of the western Indian Ocean once teemed with giant tortoises that weighed as much as 600 pounds and ...

Researchers have recovered Homo erectus bones from the seafloor, which points to an unknown hominin population hunting on ...

A new study published in 'Nature' has determined that human teeth evolved from the same "genetic toolkit" as an extinct ...

"Dire wolves" created by Colossal Biosciences were pegged as "the first animals in history to be brought back from extinction ...

Archaeologists have recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor in ...

As technology improves, the possibility of seeing once-lost species walk the Earth again becomes increasingly likely. While the idea of bringing extinct humans back to life, such as mummified ...

A proposed change in the interpretation of "harm" would degrade the power of the law that protects plants and animals from ...

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.

The northern white rhinoceros is one of the rarest animals on Earth, with just two females left and no natural way for the ...

It is observed annually on the third Friday of May worldwide; this year, it's being marked on Friday, May 16, 2025.