Researchers in Sweden recovered RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, allowing them to identify which genes were active in its tissues before extinction.

The bush dog is one of the rarest and strangest wild canids on Earth. For years, scientists believed it was extinct due to how rarely it was seen. Despite its small size, it hunts in packs and can ...

An elusive wild cat long feared extinct in Thailand has been rediscovered three decades after the last recorded sighting, ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

Scientists successfully extract RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, thylacine, revealing how its genes functioned before its extinction.

Not every extinct animal vanished in plain sight. Some disappeared into remote regions humans barely study. This list ranks ...

A rare wildcat that has been considered extinct in Thailand for decades has been rediscovered almost 30 years after the last confirmed sighting. This was reported on December 26 by Science X magazine ...

Teachers' associations have opposed the move, questioning why departments responsible for animal welfare are not handling the ...

The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, ...

While any dog has the potential to be vicious, the most dangerous dog breeds are more prone to violent outbursts. That’s not to say that every so-called dangerous dog is a threat, though. Some ‘danger ...

The discovery of a new dicynodont species suggests early land animals moved across Pangaea later and more widely than ...