An in-depth assessment reveals that dozens of giant amphibians died on an ancient floodplain. Around 230 million years ago, ...

For scientists and conservationists, knowing how species survive planetary crises can lead to more effective protection of vulnerable species.

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's swampiest corners for millions of years. But their evolutionary history tells a ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.

The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated ...

Humungous Biosciences is also responding to the challenge, set by Colossal with the dire wolf, of creating animals that never existed in reality. The first project is the unicorn, which can easily be ...

Dr Timothy Hearn explains why reimagination is a better term than resurrection to describe the new wolf-hybrids scientists ...