Steven Spielberg’s new Netflix documentary series has quickly climbed the streaming charts shortly after its release. The show has drawn attention from viewers exploring its large-scale depiction of ...

Two marsupial species presumed to be extinct have “risen from the dead” after being rediscovered on the island of New Guinea, ...

Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species, known only from ancient fossils for more than 7,000 years, are still ...

In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

They were gone for 6,000 years. Turns out, they were just hiding. Two marsupial species that scientists believed had vanished from the earth thousands of years ago have been found alive and well in ...

Hawaiʻi's role in a recent discovery in the forests of New Guinea is rewriting a scientific story that seemed finished thousands of years ago.

Mammoths, dire wolves and saber-toothed cats. Oh my, what a fascinating walk through Pleistocene history is provided by a relatively new Southern Nevada state park. Ice Age Fossils State Park opened ...

Scientists estimate that roughly one quarter of all plant and animal species on Earth are now at risk of extinction. Habitat ...

A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The recent claim that a U.S. biotechnology company resurrected the long-extinct dire wolf through genetic engineering seemed to ...

Scientists have rediscovered two marsupial species in New Guinea that were believed to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago. The ...