Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.

Late one night in the Philippines, zoologist Terry Gosliner slipped into a harbor to hunt for photos of octopus and other marine creatures. But as he swept his flashlight through the dark waters, ...

As the plane descended, my right ear became blocked and painful. Rather than dissipating on landing, the pain built and built.

Express reporter Aaron Newbury joins Morris dancers in a pub car park for the ancient pagan wassailing ritual - complete with deer skulls and bagels.

A 14,400-year-old wolf puppy’s last meal is shedding light on the last days of one of the Ice Age’s most iconic megafauna species, the woolly rhinoceros. When researchers dissected the frozen ...

A genome reconstructed from a tiny piece of flesh found in the stomach of a wolf pup that died 14,400 years ago suggests that woolly rhinos were still genetically healthy even as they faced imminent ...

Researchers from the Center for Paleogenetics have managed to analyze the genome from a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros, recovered from a tissue sample found preserved inside the stomach of an ...

The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ancient animal. The woolly rhinoceros, illustrated above, is an extinct ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Towards the end of the last ice age, an ancient wolf feasted on a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A team of researchers dug into a permafrost-encased Siberian wolf’s stomach to get DNA details of a now-extinct woolly rhinoceros. For the first time ...

Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost. By Ari Daniel It’s not every day that one gets to hold a chunk of hide ...

It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science ...