Far too many animals from Earth’s second-most remote continent have gone extinct in the past 10,000 years. Here’s one such example. In the year 1930, a striking photograph was taken. To this day, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 3D-printed version of the K. atrox skeleton found in Argentina's southern Patagonia. A hyper-carnivore, this ancient relative of ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Kākāpōs are the heaviest parrot on earth. They are also nocturnal, flightless, and feature forward-facing eyes like owls. They evolved to live on the ground, evading airbound predators like eagles.

Thrinaxodon, asmall carnivorous predator and cynodont from the Early Triassic period, has long intrigued paleontologists due to its anatomical similarities to modern mammals.Its mix of reptilian and ...