A University of Portsmouth student has discovered a new species of prehistoric mammal dating back 145 million years to the ...

The genetics company is teaming up with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to resurrect an animal resembling the ...

New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease ...

A small dam on a private farm has helped bring this native creature back from the brink of extinction. Find out how.

The 12-foot bird roamed the country for 4,000 years until they became extinct about 600 years ago, mainly because of ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

The rare insect, first described in 2006, had vanished from records. Despite many expeditions, it had not been seen since its ...

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone ...

A rare Behningia mayfly nymph has been rediscovered after 22 years without sightings, revealing key secrets about healthy ...