This giant cephalopod dwarfed mosasaurs and other massive marine reptiles that lived during the time of the ...

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 ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Does an elephant really need to be that massive? Why aren’t there any giant insects? Why did animals in New Zealand evolve to ...

The world’s largest bee, last seen by a scientist in 1981, is not extinct after all, NBC News reported. A single female was found and documented earlier this year on an Indonesian island, an ...

Extinct animals coming back: Scientists are pursuing de-extinction, aiming to bring back species like the woolly mammoth and ...

Humans wiped out the bluebuck in Africa around 200 years ago. Bringing it back is both ethically and technologically challenging.