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

Paleontology has just reached a major milestone with the discovery of intact proteins in fossils dating back to the Miocene.

“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.

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 ...

The answer No, fireflies/lightning bugs aren't going extinct, but their populations are declining, specifically in highly human-populated areas.

Night of the Extinct - Official Teaser Trailer Go back in time and see the prehistoric creatures of yesterday, but you might be doing more than seeing.

A team of scientists, including two from San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences, just rediscovered a species of coral that hadn’t been seen in 24 years. Rhizopsammia wellingtoni, also ...

A Sierra Nevada red fox, a critically endangered species thought to be nearly extinct, was caught on camera by a wildlife photographer in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Shockingly large extinct possum uncovered in Texas ‘Since everything is bigger in Texas, this is perhaps not surprising.’ Margherita Bassi Jun 26, 2025 1:00 PM EDT ...

An artistic reconstruction of Swaindelphys, an extinct group of marsupial-like animals that once roamed North America. “Not only are they [Swaindelphys solastella] the largest metatherians from ...