A community of rare fish enthusiasts collects endangered species of freshwater fish from lakes and springs around the world, ...

De-extinction starts with DNA samples from the lost species. Sometimes this is the complete genome; other times, they may splice genes from the extinct species into the genome of a living animal. Then ...

A Saint John auction house has opened online bidding on a collection of megalodon shark teeth that are millions of years old.

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

There are more species with only a few individuals, while only a few species are common. “In biodiversity, there is ...

There is much concern about the accelerated pace of extinctions globally, so when a species is rediscovered, it gives hope to ...

Paleo-inspired robots reveal how extinct species moved, testing biomechanics to uncover the forces that shaped evolution.

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.

The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.

A paleogeneticist has warned discussions should start around New Zealand's response to the de-extinction of animals. It comes ...

A sighting alone is considered exceptionally 'rare' – never mind the feat of catching one. It took this fisherman 13 years to ...