A volcano that erupted after being asleep for more than 100,000 years is leading more volcanologists to say we must redefine ...

Ancient DNA reveals that cave lions were a distinct evolutionary lineage that split from modern lions more than a million ...

Independent scientists say the technology, while impressive, lacks some components to be truly considered an artificial egg.

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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 ...

Each day, 200 species of flora and fauna go extinct. Despite these numbers, it is rare to watch a species cease to exist in ...

Scientists still debate the purpose of this dinosaur's iconic horns and spiky head plate. Find out what we’ve learned about how Triceratops lived and why it went extinct.

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In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

It is not often that one or two animals can be singled out for saving an entire species. But thanks to their exceptional ...

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...