It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...

After a century-long absence, the elusive South American tapir has reemerged, sparking hope and excitement among ...

If you’ve ever seen an elephant or a giraffe up close, you know those animals can seem massive, but would you believe that ...

An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic ...

Eurasian elk are one of the largest deer species on the planet ... This already huge mammal actually has an even bigger extinct ancestor. The Irish elk roamed across Eurasia during the last ...

The 205 million-year-old jaw bone of a prehistoric reptile belongs to ‘one of the largest animals ever’ say a group of international palaeontologists. The new discovery has also solved a 150 year old ...

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat ... possibly extinct in the wild), has been seen for more than a ...

19, 2024 in the journal Annales Zoologici Fennici. The researchers believe that the extinct animal, which could date as far back as 300,000 years, may be the smallest cat ever found. The newly ...

The cameras of Rio de Janeiro's State Institute of Environment (INEA) have caught a truly wild moment for Brazilian biodiversity: the South American tapir ...

The class of animals ... delcourti is an extinct species of giant gecko that inhabited either New Caledonia or New Zealand possibly up to the mid-19th century. It is the largest known gecko ...

The last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in 1936 and the animal was classified as officially extinct in 1982. The material in the new study was extracted from the desiccated skin and ...

It was one of the largest freshwater ... modern elephant, went extinct about 10,000 years ago during the last ice age. But a company, Colossal, is trying to create a new animal similar to the ...