A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex predators. Here’s how these flightless birds hunted, and why they went ...

Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost.

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...

A 14,400-year-old wolf puppy’s last meal is shedding light on the last days of one of the Ice Age’s most iconic megafauna ...

Analysis of woolly rhinoceros DNA recovered from the permafrost-preserved wolf further hints that the Ice Age beasts went ...

A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation efforts are helping bring many species back from the ...

A severe weather event in Indonesia has decimated the population of critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans.

In 2025, the world marked another sad milestone in the ongoing loss of biodiversity: multiple species long missing from their habitats were officially declared extinct on the International Union for ...