The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...

With our planet around for nearly five billion years, countless species have walked—or crawled—on its surface. Some of them have managed to fight for their existence and staved off extinction.

The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have ...

The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

Instead of studying extinct animals by analyzing the shape of their ... strains of genetic material and unravel the secrets of how prehistoric creatures lived and evolved. The field was hot ...

A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...

Imagine creatures that have survived since the time of dinosaurs. Species like the tuatara, sturgeon, crocodile, hagfish, ...

Advocates say resurrecting extinct animals is attracting new investors ... an ox that features in prehistoric cave paintings. The giant animal disappeared from the wild in the 17th century.

Two underwater sea lilies were eaten and regurgitated around 66 million years ago. They were preserved as fossilized vomit.

that of a prehistoric cat so small it could have fit in the palm of a hand. This rare discovery opens a new window into the biodiversity of ancient ecosystems and the interactions between extinct ...