Sturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal scutes and a sharklike tail fin, this group of several-hundred-pound beasts has ...

The executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies argues for protection of the endangered wolverine.

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Concerning findings about the world's freshwater fish population, 25% are in danger of extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It's a ...

Emperor penguin populations are declining more rapidly than previously predicted, according to recent research published in Communications: Earth & Environmentand supported by satellite data. This ...

Studying how ancient animals lived and why they died out can offer important insight to protecting species today.

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

In a groundbreaking study published in Cell Genomics, researchers, led by paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak of the University of Toulouse, have uncovered a previously unknown Neanderthal population.

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As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...