The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

Scientists studying an amber collection from the Goethe National Museum in the German town of Weimar have made a remarkable ...

Inside the stomach of an ancient wolf puppy found entombed in Siberian permafrost, scientists discovered meat from a woolly ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

The findings, published in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution, show that woolly rhinos remained "genetically healthy" until the end of the last Ice Age. Scientists say the species therefore ...