Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.

"Their return will be an important milestone for this ambitious venture." Rangers celebrate after trail cameras capture the ...

A type of extinct kangaroo, known as the “giant wallaby,” lived during the Pleistocene era. These creatures existed around two and a half million to ten thousand years ago. Let’s Discover how recent ...

With all but one of Australia's native black cockatoo species ... in particular has become a focus for conservationists and animal rights groups — and is now the subject of a court case.

Over the past week, the media have been inundated with news of the “de-extinction” of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) – a species that went extinct about 13,000 years ago.

Screenshot from How Ancient Art Captured Australian Megafauna Source ... which makes sense for an animal of that stature! These prehistoric kangaroos seem like they would shake the earth if they were ...

animals and birds. Courtesy of Flickr user Sue Waters A mysterious bird etched in stone at the ancient aboriginal rock art site in Western Australia. Suzanne Long / Alamy The etchings, says ...

These animals, with their unusual appearances ... With their armored exoskeletons, multiple legs, and compound eyes, giant isopods resemble prehistoric monsters or creatures from an alien world. They ...

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...

A tiny fossil preserved in 16 million-year-old amber revealed an extinct Caribbean species that mastered the art of ...

Fossilized footprints and tracks dating back 50 million years ago discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument could provide new insight into how prehistoric animals lived in Oregon. The ...

Fossilized footprints and tracks dating back 50 million years ago discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument could provide new insight into how prehistoric animals lived in Oregon.