This week, a Texas-based biosciences company, which aims to “de-extinct” animal species of the past (and ones that will go ...

The closest place to Rhode Island to witness the emergence of periodical cicadas is Cape Cod, where Brood XIV is expected to ...

The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

Read about the Jurassic extinction event that wiped out many species at the beginning of this Period and led to the rise of the dinosaurs.

From the adorable but deadly pine marten to the massive sperm whale, get to know some of the amazing animals that call ...

Environmental groups are sounding the alarm after the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared more than 100 million acres of ...

No matter how the resulting woolly baby might look, Colossal admits that in some respects it will be a mammoth in name only ... s mission to restore extinct species is its efforts to stop ...

PRAGUE (AP) — The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct for more than 80 years.

Shrimp look an awful lot like bugs. The exoskeletons, jointed legs and compound eyes of both groups of living things give ...

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

Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago gathered in huge herds, according to a new study.