An international team of scientists has confirmed that this ancient ancestor of humans from nearly two million years ago that was unearthed in Africa's Cradle of Humankind is a missing-link…
These giant teeth from an extinct prehistoric megalodon shark have been found in the Atacama desert and a top expert has said that despite treasure hunters pillaging the area, Chile…
Three rare owls have found a new home at a Swiss zoo that is reintroducing the nocturnal birds to Austria where they have been considered extinct for decades. There have…
A Florida boat captain has found a huge tooth that belonged to a prehistoric Megalodon shark. Megalodons, meaning ‘big tooth’, are a now-extinct shark species that graced the Earth's waters…
An endangered northern bald ibis which is one of those reintroduced into Europe after they became extinct on the continent hundreds of years ago has died in agony after it…
There may yet still be hope for jaguars in Argentina after this female was released into the wild in a region where they were considered extinct for over 70 years.…
Eleven animal species in Russia are "probably extinct", says the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. In the statement released on Thursday, 2nd August, the Ministry wrote: "Nine species and…
University of Edinburgh experts have helped prove that fossil teeth dating back 138 million years found more than a hundred years ago in Europe are from previously unknown species of…
Unusually low water levels in a South American river have uncovered remains from a 700,000-year-old extinct armadillo species on the site of a historic battle, when a British fleet attacked…
These are the first images of the extremely rare baby deer which is extinct in the wild but has now been born in a Dutch safari park. The baby Pere…