Science is taking a major step forward by exploring the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life. Iconic animals like the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the Tasmanian tiger could ...

For a long time, nobody has really known how the Cuban blue-headed quail dove arrived on the island. But now, […] ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA. A study suggests that this organism likely lived on ...

Our ancient ancestors were using bone tools at least 1.5 million years ago, roughly a million years earlier than was previously thought, a study published last week in the journal Nature reported. The ...

But the morphing message of the dodo might also call us towards hope. Although we cannot undo the blunders of our ancestors, we can emerge from ecological grief with new determination to protect ...

But the morphing message of the dodo might also call us toward hope. Although we cannot undo the blunders of our ancestors, we can emerge from ecological grief with new determination to protect ...

Due to the sheer number of artifacts and the way that they all date to the same time period, the team suggests our ancestors were intentionally—not rarely or sporadically—mass producing bone ...