Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

For a long time, scientists thought there was a hard limit to hopping. Go beyond a certain body weight, the logic went, and ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

South America's largest land mammal has made a historic comeback. The South American tapir hasn't been spotted in the Atlantic Forest for over 100 years and was considered extinct in Brazil's coastal ...

Everyday, animals go extinct before our very eyes. Here are some species which are currently endangered and how you can help.

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Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on ...

Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg may not have been too big to bounce, overturning long-held assumptions about ...

Have you ever wondered what the biggest land animal in history looked like, or which creature ruled the oceans as the largest of them all? Prehistoric giants often come to mind, but the story goes ...