In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. It's ironic to think how ...

Farmers and zoologists in Australia have been thrilled by the discovery of a rare snake species population. The critically ...

Megalodon have always been compared to the modern great white shark. Scientists have found a reason why it shouldn't be.

The Partula tohiveana snail has been reclassified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List after being previously ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

De-extinction starts with DNA samples from the lost species. Sometimes this is the complete genome; other times, they may splice genes from the extinct species into the genome of a living animal. Then ...

Great question Zavier, and one that palaeontologists (scientists who study fossil animals ... making them extinct. There are several contenders among the titanosaurs for the biggest dinosaur ...

Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins ... compared the megalodon to more than 150 other species to estimate how big its head and tail were and then added those sums to ...

The latest Jurassic Park movie – in cinemas from July 2025 – is about finding the biggest prehistoric species from land, sea, and air. Members of the public (known as“fossil forecasters ...