Conservation charity Fauna & Flora has released its 2026 Species to Watch list, which spotlights some of the most endangered ...

Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong along with two new woylie subspecies—remarkable finds made bittersweet by ...

Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made ...

A fish species thought to be extinct has suddenly been found in a small pond in Bolivia. The rare seasonal killifish, Moema claudiae, has not been recorded in the wild for more than 20 years and its ...

Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have come on board as executive producers of “I’m Glad You’re Dead Now,” which won Cannes Film Festival’s short film Palme d’Or this year. Palestinian Tawfeek Barhom ...

It was 2012 when Love Dalén, a paleogeneticist at Stockholm University, first laid eyes upon a special specimen on a lab table in eastern Siberia. "Our Russian collaborators said, 'Come here into this ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The future king is calling. Prince William made a shocking cameo on “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday night to show support for contestant Robert Irwin. The Prince of Wales, 43, surprised Irwin, 21, ...

Researchers warn that they can distort our connection to wildlife. By Margherita Bassi Published Nov 8, 2025 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

After his company, Colossal Biosciences, successfully revived the dire wolf from extinction, he's ready to continue to change the world for the better, one cell at a time. By Carly Thomas Associate ...

The Birds, Cujo, Jaws. Horror has never been short on terrifying animals. The earthworms in Shira Siegal ’25’s short film in VVermin may be smaller—and far less lethal—than their monstrous cousins ...