How extinction is not a natural inevitability but a political choice — and why ‘species revivalism’ might not be the answer ...

As the last ice age was ending, Australian megafauna that included giant kangaroos went extinct, and it is even more depressing than we thought.

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

In the late Pleistocene, large-scale megafaunal extinctions took place which, though smaller than the big five mass extinction events in history, affected animals such as the giant kangaroo, which ...

While all types of ancient remains are valuable to science, teeth— protected by enamel, the hardest substance in the body—are more likely to survive the ravages of time, pressure, and erosion. In fact ...

A groundbreaking new collaboration is working to resurrect one of New Zealand’s most enigmatic lost species, the South Island ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

Fans of The Simpsons might remember the episode where disgruntled dolphins storm Springfield, march down Main Street and ...

Past the agricultural revolution, there’s something of a sea-change in how dogs are found in the archaeological record. They ...

Extinction of animals and plants. Read scientific research on the dinosaur extinction, future mass extinctions, and endangered species. What can be done?

Letter Published: 02 November 2000 Early onset and tropical forcing of 100,000-year Pleistocene glacial cycles Scott Rutherford & Steven D'Hondt Nature 408, 72–75 (2000) Cite this article ...