The Orca, or killer whale, is one of the ocean’s most formidable predators. Though often called whales, Orcas actually belong to the dolphin family,yet their power, intelligence, and hunting abilities ...

We got to thinking about Peter Jackson’s massive collection of big-ass bird bones courtesy of a very weird interview he gave ...

San Francisco Zoo mourns the death of Tenzing, a beloved 12-year-old male red panda, due to suspected sarcocystosis.

A de-extinction company plans to recreate the giant moa bird, but scientists question the ethics and scientific accuracy of ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

The genetics company is teaming up with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to resurrect an animal resembling the ...

Tawny crazy ants in Florida number in the millions, asphyxiate their prey and create huge supercolonies that are nearly ...

A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, provides the strongest evidence to date that cancer is extremely ...

After a controversial project claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now announced plans to ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...

In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...