Tardigrades are well-known for being nearly indestructible. Now, scientists have reanalyzed ancient, amber-encased fossils, revealing...
Quick factsWhere it lived: Australia (including Tasmania) and New GuineaWhen it went extinct: 1936What its species name means: Thylacinus...
Quick factsWhen they lived: 700,000 years ago to 4,000 years agoWhat they looked liked: They had shaggy hair, fatty humps and curved...
For about seven minutes in 2003, scientists reversed extinction.The resurrected lineage was the Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica),...
Scientists are on the brink of resurrecting extinct species. Emblematic species such as the woolly mammoth, the dodo and the thylacine...
Humans are very good at wiping out wildlife. From dodos, to golden toads, to Tasmanian tigers, many species have succumbed to our unique...
Neanderthals may not have truly gone extinct but instead may have been absorbed into the modern human population. That's one of the...
The Neanderthals, our closest human relatives, roamed the Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago. Although they are long extinct,...
Scientists have documented five major mass extinction events in Earth's History, during which at least three-quarters of life went...
It may be hard to imagine, but once upon a time, dinosaurs didn’t dominate their world. When they first originated, they were just...
The last 2 northern white rhinos: Najin and Fatu https://www.livenowfox.com/news/first-ever-successful-ivf-pregnancy-in-rhinos-could-save-species-from-extinction Video...
Scientists experienced an "incredibly rare event" last week when they saw a gray whale cruising through New England's coastal waters.The...
Scientists have made a stem cell breakthrough in elephants, which could mean researchers are one step closer to bringing back long-extinct...
The ramifications of human activity on the island of Madagascar will affect the island far longer than previously realized, scientists...
The majority of bird species in the U.S. face a grim future in coming decades if environmental efforts are not implemented on a larger...
Scientists have estimated the Earth to be more or less 4.54 billion years old, predating even human existence. Indeed, there’s a...
Two species that were previously extinct on the Galapagos Island have reappeared a decade after an invasive predator population was...
