Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in the ...

Researchers were able to sequence the full genome from the 14,000-year-old chunk of preserved woolly rhinoceros meat.

ORR, Minn. – Wildlife researchers often focus on rates of survival and causes of mortality. Sometimes one animal serves to illustrate both. Within minutes of the start of a field expedition in ...

ORR, Minn. – The first clue was the flock of ravens. Tom Gable spotted the birds while driving to work. He pulled over and saw what they were circling: a rib cage poking out of the fresh dusting of ...

In May 2025, the European Parliament changed the status of wolves in the EU from “strictly protected” to “protected,” which opened the way for its member states to allow hunting under certain ...

As I was driving down the highway one spring day eight years ago, I saw a shaggy, gray-black canine cruising along on the snowpack, right next to the road. Could it be one of the hardest animals to ...

Perhaps they were curious as to what these strange, heavily-laden humans were doing in their territory – a vast, unspoiled ...