Unfortunately, animals go extinct every single year, often due to human activity. As we move towards a more sustainable ...

A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird.

Today, elephants dominate the mammal world in size. As the largest terrestrial mammal on Earth, elephants have fascinated ...

The now-extinct species of mammoth lived from the Middle Pleistocene era until its extinction 4,000 years ago.

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the ...

Allergic rhinitis may have triggered a prolonged decline in birth rates amongst woolly mammoths - which is thought to have ...

However, they acknowledge the prevailing theories of why the species went extinct, including 'hunting of mammoths by primitive people'. The debate is likely to rage on however, with physical ...

Coelacanth fossils like these are useful because two known coelacanth species are still alive today. They are likened to ...

"We went crazy," Sánchez-Nivicela says ... looks for tadpoles of another frog species also considered extinct. "We won a battle," says biologist Andrea Terán Valdez, a project coordinator ...

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a new study.

Scientists discovered the grumpy dwarfgoby in the Red Sea, a tiny fish with a fierce look. Its red color helps it blend into ...

With no natural predators, the snakes proliferated, gobbling up the island’s small animals. Already, the snake has driven ...