A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.

Not all animals have the name recognition of a T. rex or a dodo. However, plenty of well-known animals have vanished from the ...

On February 20, 158 captive-bred creatures were released onto the island. The return of these young tortoises, ages 8 to 13, marks the beginning of a historic conservation effort, and they are the ...

Not long ago, some of the world’s most iconic animals were reduced to a handful of survivors, pushed to the brink by hunting, ...

On a quiet morning, as Dr. Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi celebrates another year of life, it is not difficult to imagine him where he has always belonged—somewhere between forest and memory, between bone ...

The newly discovered fish fossil fills a key gap in our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate diversity.

Scroll down for Spanish version, translated by co-author Felipe Franco-Gaviria)Introducing large herbivores in Panama's forests could fill the gap ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about who Neanderthals were, whether they mated with modern humans and when ...

Introducing large herbivores in Panama’s forests could fill the gap left by extinct species, new research suggests. A team from the University of Exeter say their findings can provide a “baseline” for ...

Each year, species are going extinct at an accelerating rate that is alarming conservationists. This fear has increased ...

The Galápagos Islands are famous for their biodiversity, especially their giant tortoises. In 2000, however, scientists made a shocking discovery: a population of tortoises 70 miles away on Isabela ...

“ Tanyka is a little like a platypus, in the sense that it was a member of the stem tetrapod lineage that remained even after newer, more modern tetrapods evolved,” Jason says. “It was a living fossil ...