The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

The possibility of the return of the dire wolf has set the internet aflutter with more talk about the idea of a real ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal ...

A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?

The dire wolf is a relative of the now-common gray wolf, with clear differences apparent between the two species' skeletons.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is the world’s most comprehensive list on the global extinction risk of animal, fungus, and plant species.

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Quite possibly, that's because black bears were hunted to near extinction in the Lone Star State. But it looks like they're heading back, at least according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. And these are ...

Image by Robbie Shade, Humpback_Whale_3 via Wikimedia Commons. The humpback whale, a species once hunted to near-extinction, has experienced a remarkable recovery. By the mid-1980s, it was estimated ...

Farmers and zoologists in Australia have been thrilled by the discovery of a rare snake species population ... once thought to be extinct. And in Cambodia, the Siamese crocodile has made an impressive ...

"These two human species followed different developmental ... tens of thousands of years after our closest relatives went extinct "We found that bone formation is predominant in Neanderthals ...