For decades, an "extremely rare" fossil sat unidentified in Japan's Museum of Unique Insect Fossils. Discovered in 1988 in ...

In an East Village gallery, K Allado-McDowell has created an audiovisual tribute to species we have lost as a rehearsal for a ...

Scientists are warning that the next mass extinction event could be underway as species vanish at alarming rates due to ...

To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered ...

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Last seen in 2013, the elusive saola or 'Asian unicorn' may be extinct—or still hiding in Vietnam’s forests. New genetic ...

The coelacanth fish is a literal living fossil with fossil records on this species dating back over 410 million years. But ...

The Thompsons bought the tree for £70, not knowing they were planting a piece of Earth’s prehistoric past. Their dedication ...

The sight of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured on camera for the first ...

A new study urges expert to classify emperor penguins as “Endangered” — or worse. Here's what science says and what you can do to help.

Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

Researchers have unearthed fossils of massive freshwater crayfish that once scuttled through the lakes of southern New ...