Scientists are on the verge of bringing extinct animals like the woolly mammoth, Pyrenean ibex, and Tasmanian tiger back to ...

Mammoths were thought to be driven to extinction by humans, but it was something else entirely that is happening again today that threatens us all.

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

The earth has gone through many cycles of extinction, but these eight candidates may be extinct creatures that are actually still alive.

The human brain evolved in the Pleistocene age when the key was to avoid being eaten by a sabre toothed tiger or squashed by ...

The United States, under Trump or anybody at all, must be resolute about getting its skin in the game by committing to futurism.

He asks us to consider what he tells his students, “which is no longer science fiction but reality: as glaciers melt due to ...

In 2020, prospectors seeking mammoth tusks in eastern Siberia found a bundle of fur protruding from the icy bank of the ...

A mummified ice age cub discovered in Siberia is exceptionally preserved, providing the first view of what saber-toothed cats ...

Researchers have analyzed mummified remains pulled from Siberia's permafrost in 2020 and determined they belong to a 3-week-old saber-toothed kitten that died at least 35,000 years ago.