We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story.

No group of animals has a higher rate of endangerment than amphibians. Scientists estimate that a third or more of all the roughly 6,300 known species of amphibians are at risk of extinction [6].

From fearsome land mammals to deadly sea creatures, we rank the most terrifying animals that once roamed Earth.

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an animal that has been extinct for more than half-a-billion years." "[The asymmetry] is especially interesting as this is also one of the first animals that was capable of moving on its own ...

AM: What did we think was happening to these animals before we realized extinction was a thing? GP: I think people realized that there were swings in stock sizes. Lots of Westerners were aware of ...

Could a private citizen get hold of a genome and use it to bring an extinct animal back to life? Tracy Walker Could a private citizen get hold of a genome and use it to bring an extinct animal ...

“It’s more a recreation of some traits,” says Mármol-Sánchez. “It would not be an extinct animal, but a pretty weird, modified version of the modern animal that resembles our image of ...

But the predators were no match for humans, as European colonizers began hunting the species in the late 19th century to eventual extinction to prevent the animals from killing off livestock ...

Similar to "Jurassic Park", which warns against this exact type of de-extinction science, the scientists are combining well-preserved Tasmanian tiger DNA with that of a similar animal, the fat ...