As human beings have grown wealthier, they have come to care about environmental stewardship and gained the resources to act on their newfound compassion for wildlife.

Scientists say the Trump administration’s embrace of de-extinction won’t help endangered species like the Great Lakes gray ...

Ruby Reynolds and her father were on the beach when they discovered Ichthyotitan severnensis - the largest-ever marine ...

Should we look upon the 21st century with optimistic hope or with fatalistic trepidation? Is the world and our society heading towards a wonder-filled new age, or toward a doomsday? Or are both ...

Paleontologists have uncovered one of the “last giants” of the Late Cretaceous period: Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra. This ...

“And that’s the necessity immediately.” Angielczyk, who studies mammals that survived the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history, said fossil records after such events show it takes a ...

Thought today's turtles could get pretty big? Think again; this giant turtle was large enough to eat an entire human.

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and the ability to birth live young ...