Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are nowhere to be found. From human activity to climate change, new animals ...

Niagara Falls has become the centre of a strange and unsettling mystery after multiple reports emerged of an unidentified ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Three hundred million years ago, dragonfly-like creatures with wingspans stretching 70 centimeters patrolled the skies of a ...

Madagascar is home to some of the world’s most unique flora and fauna. And, up until about a thousand years ago, it was home to the world’s largest known bird species. Meet Madagascar’s legendary ...

The crocodiles were the last of their lineage. Unlike their cousins that lurked in the swamps, these terrestrial carnivores trotted around on land, where they snapped at prey with deep skulls full of ...

Evolution usually helps a species survive. But sometimes, a trait that once made perfect sense ends up causing real trouble. Some animals adapted so well to their original environments that when ...

Introducing large herbivores in Panama’s forests could fill the gap left by extinct species, new research suggests. University of Exeter scientists studied lake sediments that contain traces of ...

Kostensuchus atrox was a top predator which lived just before the extinction of the dinosaurs, and likely chomped on them A newly-discovered species of a large, crocodile-relative predator has been ...