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 ...

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

They are native to Thailand and once flourished throughout Southeast Asia. Cameras reveal long-lost creature wandering through national park after years in hiding: 'A beacon of hope' first appeared on ...

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

Timothy Hearn, Anglia Ruskin UniversityFrom dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech ...

Dozens of Australian mammal species have declined and gone extinct since European colonisation – and introduced predators are often blamed. But evidence is lacking.