"For many years, the scientific community considered it an extinct species in Mexico." Scientists make unexpected discovery ...

Considering scientists find "lost cities" in the Amazon relatively frequently, it's not far-fetched to think a massive sloth may exist hidden away in the darkest jungle. Local tribes consistently ...

There are so many animals that have gone extinct through the ages that we’re choosing to focus just on creatures that went extinct relatively recently: from 1800 onward. So even though we’ll ...

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

Scientists have shocked the world by bringing back the extinct dire wolf species which ... comparative genomics approach really do cause an animal to have a woolly coat and a golden coat and ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scientists have grave concerns. When news broke that Colossal Biosciences ...

The Indonesian coelacanth, a fish once thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was discovered alive in greater numbers ...

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

Named for the crone-bird hybrid of Greek mythology, the appearance of this large and majestic raptor is worthy of the ...

This is often cited as the first example of de-extinction. However, the only preserved tissue was from one female animal, meaning it could not have been used to bring back a viable population.