A mere 300,000 years ago, the world's largest primate still roamed the forests of southern China, how would that massive ape ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out ...

It’s a somewhat uncomfortable reality that Homo sapiens interbred with their closest relatives, the "sister species" ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

SYDNEY, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Researchers in Australia have challenged a long-standing theory that Indigenous Australians hunted the continent's giant prehistoric animals to extinction, suggesting ...

The once-extinct dire wolf species, popularized in HBO's "Game of Thrones," has been brought back. But were Colossal Biosciences scientists behind the de-extinction so preoccupied with whether or not ...

Will womb transplants transform fertility? What should we make of 'de-extinction' claims? And why are prices falling in the art market? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate ...