As of this week, the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), known colloquially as the Tasmanian Tiger, has been extinct for ...

“Its distinctive skull suggests it used fast and powerful bites to catch small and agile prey...,” said Love Dalén, professor ...

With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx trumani—often nicknamed the "American cheetah"—was long thought to be a North American analog of the African big cat. But in a new study ...

The Pinzón saddleback tortoise, a small giant tortoise species native to Pinzón Island in the Galapagos characterized by a ...

‘Oddly shaped rock’ found in California – which is actually from ‘spectacular’ 10,000-year-old extinct mammal ...

Newly sequenced DNA from bones found in the Yukon and Wyoming reveals that despite its slender body, Miracinonyx trumani is ...

Scientists have discovered an extinct amphibian from the ice age at Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits. The fossils shed light on a prehistoric climate.

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New paleogenomics research reveals how the so-called American 'cheetah' adapted to harsh Arctic conditions by preying on fish ...

Nearly two dozen endangered species are now classified as extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the latest conservation “wake-up call.” The agency announced that 21 species will be delisted ...

The Art of Extinct Species” is now on display with more than 50 works by 34 artists who have painted, photographed, sketched ...