The fossilized leg bone of the terror bird went unidentified for almost 20 years. Nearly 12 million years ago, the largest ...

In 1939, Smith named the species Latimeria chalumnae, also known as gombessa. Since then, this species, found along the east ...

Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct ...

While past terror bird fossils placed the meat-eating birds at 3 to 9 feet tall, new findings suggest that some were even ...

Image Dr. Link with a skull from Purussaurus, an extinct genus of giant caiman. For a full week in June, Dr. Link’s students ...

Thousands of giant spiders 'the size of a human hand ... However, 15 years ago, the species almost became extinct after the destruction of its wetland home. In order to save the species, the ...

The previous tallest members of the family were almost 3 meters high, and this was probably substantially bigger.

Oct. 15, 2024 — Two thirds of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in tropical forests are experiencing new temperature conditions as our climate changes, research ... Tube Sock-Like Skunk Covers More ...

Cape Town’s famed penguins which attract huge numbers of tourists could be extinct in little over a decade, conservationists have warned. Numbers of African penguins are collapsing as fishing ...

Marine ecosystems still overlooked in Indonesia’s new conservation law, critics say ...

The Bramble Cay melomys is the first mammal reported to have gone Extinct as a direct result of climate change. Previously found on the island of Bramble Cay in Great Barrier Reef, its habitat was ...