The fossils, attributed to an unknown australopithecus that lived in present-day Ethiopia 2.6 million years ago, have met ...

Adapted from techniques initially developed for ancient DNA studies, such as those of extinct hominids, historical DNA analysis (hDNA) techniques are having a significant impact on species discovery ...

Like Ross and Rachel, modern humans and Neanderthals had something of an on-again, off-again love affair. Yet while Friends ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

Dire wolves, which went extinct more than 10,000 years old, are much larger than gray wolves, their closest living relatives today.

“I would say fireflies are threatened due to habitat loss, but they are not going extinct, as some are adapting in different regions,” Day said.

Trail cameras in Australia’s Pilliga conservation area capture family of once locally extinct Shark Bay bandicoots, marking progress in restoring species to region.

It is hoped that all the above will soon result in a population recovery. The post Koalas Are Functionally Extinct in Some Areas—What’s Being Done? appeared first on A-Z Animals.

The real big bird returns. A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that once towered over people. The company ...

The extinct marine mega-predator Temnodontosaurus had specialized adaptations to stealthily hunt its prey, suggests an analysis of a fossil flipper.

Archaeologists discovered stone tools at least a million years old on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, but exactly who made ...