A world where extinct animals are brought back for the betterment of both the planet and mankind may seem like science ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

An extinct snail found in a Bermuda alleyway led to biologists breeding 100,000 and releasing them back into the wild—and they're thriving.

The video examines two extinct elephant relatives whose anatomy remains difficult to interpret. Platybelodon and Deinotherium display tusk structures unlike anything seen in living elephants.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. National Park Service paleontologist and Grateful Dead fan has been credited with identifying an extinct species of otter found in south-central Idaho and named it after the ...

The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang." ...

Chen thought that the remains looked more like an avian species, so he looped in Lida Xing, a paleontologist at China University of Geosciences who specializes in Cretaceous birds. The preserved toe ...

DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic (AP) — Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a vital contribution for a small surviving population of the rare lion that is extinct in the wild. The ...