While the ivory-billed woodpecker has attracted a lot of attention in the 21st century due to reported sightings, it was not been the only Arkansas-dwelling bird that went extinct during the 20th ...

A fossilized skull of a massive amphibian has been discovered in a Texas quarry, and its appearance has sparked comparisons ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

As apex predators, they act as an umbrella species, meaning their survival sustains the existence of dozens of others. Iconic ...

Major museums face scrutiny as the Smithsonian undergoes review to eliminate political bias. But climate change messaging and ...

Perched atop the Marriott Vacation Club at Custom House Boston, the raptor banding program led by Mass Audubon’s Norman Smith ...

A rare substance produced only by a small percentage of sperm whales, ambergris forms in a whale's digestive system from ...

They say everything's bigger in Texas. And that appears to be true, at least in the case of a group of ancient ...

Conservation would be akin to curating museum or zoo specimens, with living representatives of endangered species, or mere samples of their genetic material, maintained in artificial environments.

Discovered in 1988 in Hyogo Prefecture, the imprint of a large butterfly wing and body is now confirmed to belong to an extinct species that's new to science, according to a May 2 study published ...

Fossil discovered in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture sat unidentified in a museum and is now revealed to be a new species of large extinct butterfly, Tacola kamitanii.

And instead of raising money to get animals on the endangered species (list), let’s figure out a way to get them off.” Curator Ken Angielczyk talks about a dire wolf skull at the Field Museum ...