Two partial human skulls unearthed in central China could belong to an unknown archaic human species.
A new study has indicated that resurrecting long-extinct species could ultimately do more harm than good.
This newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth over 60 million years ago.
Biologists have warned that up to a half of all species could be wiped out by the end of the century.
Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of primordial giant worm with huge snapping jaws.
The earliest known filter-feeding pterosaur has been unearthed in northeast China's Liaoning province.
A new species of tiny moth with a wingspan of just 0.4 inches has been named after the President-elect.
A worrying new study has shown just how vulnerable many of the world's primate species actually are.
A prehistoric species of shrimp in Australia has been emerging from the ground recently due to heavy rain.
Scientists have discovered an entirely new species of primate in a remote Chinese rainforest.
Teams from Russia and South Korea are working together to bring the extinct species back to life.
A newly discovered species of seagull-like bird lived at a time when the Arctic was as warm as Florida.
Researchers have identified a large number of new flora and fauna in the Mekong River basin.
An enigmatic species of shark found in the Pacific has been captured on film off the coast of California.
A new species of the mysterious arapaima has been discovered in the remote backwaters of the Amazon.
Hints of an unknown species of human have been found in the DNA of the modern day Melanesian people.
The huge terrestrial crab species can exert a pinching force greater than any other crustacean on Earth.
Chinese conservationists believe that they have spotted an extinct dolphin species in the Yangtze river.
The species most notorious for killing its own in cold blood is perhaps not what you might expect.
Elon Musk has outlined his extraordinarily ambitious plans to make mankind an interplanetary species.