The woolly rhinoceros, which roamed northern Eurasia for millions of years, is one of the most iconic extinct megafauna. The formidable thick-skinned, long-furred beast occupied the mammoth steppe, a ...

More than 99% of all living species have gone extinct. Whole time periods are buried in layers of rock and sediment and, with it, libraries of information about Earth’s history and what came before us ...

Saber-toothed tigers, also called saber-toothed cats, were some of the most impressive predators to roam the Earth during the ...

woolly dog played an important and cultural role for Coast Salish people in Western Canada but when colonists moved in the animal quickly became extinct, a new study says. It started with a dog ...

with only two known females of the northern white rhino left, this subspecies is considered to be functionally extinct. Adding to this, these two females are infertile, possibly due to their age. This ...

This list includes the Asian continent and its surrounding islands, including Cyprus. The three Transcaucasian republics of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan are included in the List of European ...

The ice patches surrounding the Indigirka River and its tributaries in northeastern Russia serve as a graveyard for the Ice ...

Colossal Biosciences and the ambition of de-extinction Meanwhile, the biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences, famous for its ambitious“de-extinction” project of the woolly mammoth, is working on a ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new fossil worm lizard species in Tunisia. Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi is the largest known species of the Amphisbaenia group, with a ...