Ever since "Jurassic Park," people have been talking about bringing extinct animals back from the grave. While it is not possible to revive animals that died out hundreds of millions of years ago, it ...

The study also found that six other seasonal killifish species also exist in the same habitat, making the region the most ...

This video reveals the unexpected modern animals most closely related to legendary extinct creatures. It uncovers surprising evolutionary links that show how ancient traits carried forward into ...

Scientists find the DNA of a 300,000-year-old horse in Schöningen, driven to extinction by hunting, next to a wooden spear ...

RNA usually breaks down quickly, often within hours after death. Before this study, the oldest recovered RNA came from a ...

Scientists examine the mummified remains of a 39,000-year-old mammoth nicknamed Yuka, whose tissue yielded ancient RNA in a ...

In the wetlands of Bolivia, a remarkable discovery has rekindled hope among conservationists: a fish species believed extinct ...

Scientists extracted 39,000-year-old RNA from a frozen woolly mammoth, revealing which genes were active when it died.

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic.

Live birth, or skipping the egg-laying and larva stage, is extremely rare in amphibians. Among more than 4,000 species of ...