Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

A biotechnology company whose goal is to bring back the wooly mammoth says its recent small step is big news. Colossal ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

This rare marsupial's comeback story shows how protecting individual species helps maintain healthy ecosystems for both ...

Paleo-inspired robots reveal how extinct species moved, testing biomechanics to uncover the forces that shaped evolution.

There is much concern about the accelerated pace of extinctions globally, so when a species is rediscovered, it gives hope to ...

New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new ...

Scientists have successfully created genetically modified mice with woolly mammoth traits, a significant step in ...

Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the ...