Ancient DNA reveals that cave lions were a distinct evolutionary lineage that split from modern lions more than a million ...

A critically endangered frog species that hasn’t been seen in the wild for nearly two decades is getting a lifeline in Tampa ...

It is not often that one or two animals can be singled out for saving an entire species. But thanks to their exceptional ...

Many animals, including humans, rely on their eyes to detect changes in their surroundings. The eyes of vertebrates, animals ...

Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with ...

Have you heard the heartbreaking story of the last passenger pigeon to ever live? Flocks of this pigeon species were once so ...

For about 200 years the Ashland Mill Dam, about a half-hour north of Richmond, blocked many fish from moving through the ...

A 4-million-year-old juvenile tapir skeleton in Spain offers rare insights into ancient life and tapir development.

Scientists examining amber from Goethe’s personal collection discovered three hidden fossil insects, including an extinct ant ...

The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory from Western Europe across ...

The crested ibis conservation effort has been underway for decades. This bird species went extinct on Japan's Honshu island ...

For almost 100 years, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was more mystery than bird. Scientists first described the small green parrot in the 1920s after finding specimens on Buru Island in eastern Indonesia.