Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

If Neanderthals and Denisovans hadn't gone extinct thousands of years ago ... dogs or even modern agricultural species like cattle and sheep. But with more of our relative anti-social genes, humanity ...

Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild ...

T he domestication of animals is tied to prehistorical people, who likely fed on the meat of animals before figuring out ...

Pantolambda bathmodon, a stocky, now-extinct mammal, lived 62 million years ago and reached roughly 92 lbs in adulthood, which was a much larger size than most mammals that came before. Video credit: ...

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila monsters ( Heloderma horridum ). It is named after the goblin prince from ...

The animals that plummeted 85 feet into Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave provide a layered history of life dating back to the ...

The dire wolf was extinct for centuries, but now three pups have been “born,” starting with DNA from a 13,000 year old tooth and a 72,000 year old skull. Dr.

These extinct species underscore the cave’s broader significance, providing critical insights into Pleistocene megafauna diversity and their coexistence with humans. Many species appear to have been ...

U.S. News Company Resurrects Extinct Wolf Breed—and Parades Cute Pups JURASSIC BARK The first ever species has been brought back from extinction, a multibillion dollar start-up claims. Kenneal ...

Sheep are also rapidly losing diversity, with 160 breeds now extinct. The rise of synthetic materials has endangered the remaining breeds producing carpet wool in New Zealand and Australia ...

The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities By Christa Lesté-Lasserre ...