If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the ...

Elephant birds were flightless birds that went extinct around 1,000 years ago. It is believed that one species of the […] ...

The arthropleura, an 8-foot-long giant millipede that lived 345-290 million years ago during the late Carboniferous period, ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year. Bringing back woolly mammoths, dire wolves, and giant moa (or close approximations ...

Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent dire wolf project was controversial, and moa are an even more ambitious target ...

"They weren't ecosystem engineers the same way that modern beavers are." The researchers studied giant beaver bones and teeth found near Old Crow, Yukon, in the 1970s. Analysing the isotopic ...

This is a fascinating story of the interaction of two very iconic animals in the past,” the study’s lead author told NBC News ...

Jurassic dinosaurs ate different plant parts, allowing them to share habitats. Tooth chemistry proves their dietary ...

Nicole Mercuri, 26, was walking along a Florida beach when she spotted a giant tooth that once belonged to a Megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark that roamed the ocean millions of years ago. She was ...

A melting glacier has pulled back the veil on a prehistoric whale graveyard in Russia. Scientists at Russia’s Arctic and ...

The researchers studied giant beaver bones and teeth found near Old Crow, Yukon, in the 1970s. Analysing the isotopic signatures of the fossils helped them determine what the animals ate.

Colossal Biosciences plans to revive the extinct giant moa using DNA edits, sparking debate over de-extinction ethics and the ecological role of GMO animals.