Similar in size to today’s largest gray wolves, it had bigger teeth and a stronger bite—perfectly adapted for hunting large herbivores like horses, giant sloths, mastodons, and ancient bison. The ...

A wildlife explorer ranks supposedly extinct animals based on how likely he personally thinks they are to have survived ...

Prehistoric Earth was a terrifying place, with giant, fearsome creatures roaming an equally deadly world of erupting volcanoes and primordial swamps. Survival could be counted in minutes, with a ...

A scientist studying fossilized vomit from beneath the seabed says the chunks are the indigestible remains of dinners eaten by massive marine reptiles that lived millions of years ago. The ...

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...

Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores -- but how? What type of food did extinct vertebrates eat? And how can we gain insight into the diets of these creatures? In ...

For animator and academic Dr. Jason Kennedy, palaeoart isn't just a hobby. Creating 3D images of prehistoric animals sits at the intersection of science and art, combining fossil analysis, comparisons ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

There’s a word for the final remaining member of a species: endling, which was suggested in a letter written to Nature in 1996. “An orphan is someone, usually a child, with no living parents. A ...

Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals is a work honoring species facing extinction and a few that have already crossed the ...

Hawaii Theater brings endangered animals to life through puppetry, dance and live music in Honolulu on Sept. 18 and 19.