This week, solve the mystery of an ancient human ancestor’s fossil, meet a new generation of dire wolves, spy April’s full moon, and more.

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

But did you know that long before the modern wonders were given the titles of the 'wonders of the world', there was a list of seven iconic structures from ancient times? These ancient wonders were ...

Once thought extinct, real-life dire wolves—famous from Game ... The mythic creatures that roamed Westeros and ancient Earth alike are no longer just a memory. In a remarkable feat of genetic ...

Colossal Biosciences—the company whose mission is “de-extinction”—has pulled off one of the wildest feats in modern science: ...

First Ancient Genomes from the Green Sahara Deciphered Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest ...

The former Canadian human rights commissioner was forced to resign by a firestorm of controversy surrounding his support for Palestinian rights. Now he’s suing his critics. TRNN is honored to ...

Once thought extinct, real-life dire wolves—famous from Game of Thrones — are back, marking a bold leap in genetics and the ...

Colossal scientists have created three dire wolf pups by using ancient DNA, cloning and gene-editing technology to alter the genes of a gray wolf, the prehistoric dire wolf’s closest living ...