Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

This photo shows how gigantic an Irish Elk looks compared to two humans. Megaloceros giganteus - literally "giant horn" - is ...

Scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from an unusual place: the stomach contents of a naturally mummified Pleistocene wolf pup from Siberia. As its ...

Studying how ancient animals lived and why they died out can offer important insight to protecting species today.

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals have ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

A global authority on endangered species says the giraffe could become extinct. — -- The world's tallest land mammal is now in danger of becoming extinct in the wild, a global authority on ...