A remarkably complete plesiosaur fossil found in southern Germany is shedding light on the early evolution of these iconic ...

Extinct animals provide researchers with an understanding of the biodiversity prevalent in yesteryears. In 2019, researchers ...

Colossal Biosciences is interested in resurrecting New Zealand’s extinct species like the moa and Haast's eagle. Photo / John Megahan, PLOS Biology A paleogeneticist has warned that discussions ...

A US tourist is facing a fierce backlash and calls for her to be booted out of the country after she was filmed snatching a baby wombat from its distressed mother in Australia—apparently for ...

One of only two crocodile species found in the Philippines, the Philippine crocodile is so rare that conservation methods are being taken for its protection. ©Peter Wey/Shutterstock.com Philippine ...

The team looked at 146 teeth from 16 different crocodile types. Lead author Keegan Melstrom with 3D prints of extinct crocodyliform teeth (blue), and skulls of living representatives of this group.

More specific carbon-dating techniques for Paleolithic bones could help researchers develop an updated timeline of how Neanderthals, who experts believe went extinct roughly 40,000 years ago ...

Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch followed the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off non ...

An extinct fish has been reintroduced to waterways in northern Victoria. The olive perchlet is a five to six centimetre fish and plays a key role in the ecosystem by eating tiny water insects ...

In new research, paleontologists reassessed some of its biological properties using a new approach, based on known vertebral specimens of Otodus megalodon and 165 species of extinct and living ...