Bones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies thousands of years ago, scientists report in a first-of-its-kind ...

Long before modern bears were around, Earth was home to massive bear species. Like today’s bears, these animals roamed forests and tundra. However, these ancient animals towered over today’s largest ...

Metabolism quietly governs every living body. It shapes how organisms grow, reproduce, heal, and age. Because metabolism ...

In a Caribbean cave where owls once spat out the bones of their prey, scientists have uncovered a nesting strategy that ...

Pigs, rats, cats and mongooses, all brought to the island decades earlier by humans, were to blame for their demise, preying ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A massive breakthrough was announced this week by the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so far dates back ...

British researchers have identified a gibbon found in an ancient Chinese tomb as a never-before seen, now-extinct genus and species. British researchers have identified a gibbon found in an ancient ...