The dire wolf has been resurrected in a remarkable achievement by Texas-based biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences.

The dire wolf is a relative of the now-common grey wolf, with clear differences apparent between the two species' skeletons. Based on the sequence of two new dire wolf genomes, the researchers at ...

A new temporary exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium takes visitors back in time to come face-to-face with incredible ...

Scientists have performed a necropsy on a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth discovered in Siberia. The female mammoth, nicknamed ...

"The art of tracking may well be the origin of science." This is the departure point for a 2013 book by Louis Liebenberg, ...

This stunning find provides a rare glimpse into the world of the Pleistocene Epoch, a time when wolves roamed ... an exceptional condition for an animal that lived over 44,000 years ago. The ...

The natural world is home to an astonishing variety of life, but some creatures are so rare that only a handful remain in existence. These animals, often teetering on the edge of extinction, are ...

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The discovery of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, some of the most significant remains ever found in Australia, helped to re-write the history of this country and its First Peoples. But how they, and the ...

Two decades ago, Jaap de Roode made a discovery that changed his scientific career. While researching the ecology and evolution of parasites and their hosts, he came across something truly ...