Analysis of woolly rhinoceros DNA recovered from the permafrost-preserved wolf further hints that the Ice Age beasts went ...

Learning how pronghorn survived the climate changes that ended the ice ages anddrove so many other large mammals to extinction can help us adapt to our ownchanging climate.

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in an unusual source: the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.

The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the bird’s survival. A southern cassowary stands on a beach at Etty Bay in ...

Mongolia’s Bogd Khan Uul was originally protected by an ally of Genghis Khan and is home to Bronze Age petroglyphs, ...

Scientists hope understanding coyote widowhood will someday help humans in their own grief. A pair of coyotes (Canis latrans) in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. Unlike most other animals, coyotes have ...

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for astronauts to reach Mars. Water will be an extremely important resource on the ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

Gordon Burghardt kept a lion cub named Meg in his home at the behest of the Knoxville Zoo. To help Meg get out some energy, Burghardt and his wife would often play with Meg in their wooded, unfenced ...

Radioactive minerals in eggshells can help scientists pinpoint a fossil’s age with stunning accuracy. Scientists excavate dinosaur egg nests in Mongolia's Eastern Gobi Basin. National Geographic ...