Long before global warming was the biggest environmental issue, the planet was in the opposite kind of funk — an ice age lasting around 2.6 million years. During this time, starting about 700,000 ...

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...

SALT LAKE CITY — For centuries, mammoths have fascinated civilizations due to their sheer and lore. Now, scientists are investigating the possibility of introducing mammoth-like species as part of a ...

Jerry A. Coyne is professor emeritus of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago. A recent display in Time magazine features a photo of a handsome white dog-like animal, a dire wolf. The ...

When the elevator doors part on the second floor of a two-story brick and glass building in an office park on the outskirts of downtown Dallas, it feels like a portal opening to a different world. The ...

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate benefits for endangered elephants and other threatened species alive today ...

Dire wolves were massive and highly intelligent animals nearly the size of a small horse, capable of ripping a man’s arm off as easily as a dog kills a rat. They lived in cold regions in a place ...