People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet.

What scientists once dismissed as “junk” DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new ...

A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...

I’m still so flabbergasted,” said Jillian Reiff, who adopted the shelter dog after her other one died. She had no idea the ...

A group led by University of São Paulo (USP) researchers in Brazil has described a new genus of frogs, Dryadobates, also ...

Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...

After clinical death, some of your cells refuse to quit, or even attempt to reconfigure into strange, emergent forms.

The team recovered protein fragments from teeth found at multiple sites across Turkana, ranging in age from 1.5 to 18 million ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?

"When I was little I was made fun of sometimes." Woman becomes local legend with incredible tradition of saving turtles in ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

More than 100 deaths have been reported statewide, with most near the Guadalupe River. Several girls from the Dallas area are ...