Scientists are always making fascinating discoveries, some of which are right beneath our noses. Recently, beneath Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, scientists discovered two extinct predators ...

Far too many animals from Earth’s second-most remote continent have gone extinct in the past 10,000 years. Here’s one such example. In the year 1930, a striking photograph was taken. To this day, it ...

Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025. Habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and hunting are the primary drivers ...

Kākāpōs are the heaviest parrot on earth. They are also nocturnal, flightless, and feature forward-facing eyes like owls. They evolved to live on the ground, evading airbound predators like eagles.

A fossilized rib from a ferocious, extinct whale was discovered in a creek bank in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The rib belonged to a zygorhiza, a toothed whale that lived 34 to 38 million years ago and ...