DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...

Millions of years ago, catastrophic events wiped out most life on Earth—but some ancient animals managed to survive against all odds. From resilient reptiles to tenacious fish, these 15 species ...

The world's botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-collecting, say researchers.

The Late Devonian period hosts a series of global biological extinction events of such magnitude as to be counted among the major mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic ... it contains a rock record ...

For decades, the scientific community has largely agreed that amassive asteroid impact 66 million years ago led to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, triggering a global ‘impact winter.’ The theory ...

Colossal Biosciences leads efforts on woolly mammoth, dodo, Tasmanian tiger. $435 million funding supports decade-long de-extinction plans. The idea of bringing extinct species back to life is inching ...

Boston cops busted up what a prosecutor called an “indoor Mass and Cass” in the South ... Sinnott asked partway through the arraignment of five people charged with various drug crimes Thursday.

The team announced Thursday it will end its affiliation with the Pro Volleyball Federation after this season and join Major League Volleyball ... the home opener, a five-set win over Atlanta.

A search for twins who vanished in Aberdeen after leaving behind a mysterious message is underway with police investigating five key clues ... their family about a major update regarding their ...