The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

Prehistoric animals are often pictured as distant fossils, yet a surprising number of species still walk, swim, and crawl across Earth with body plans that echo deep time. Strictly speaking, ...

Believed to have existed since ancient times, the prehistoric Takahe birds of New Zealand have become a success story for conservation. The birds, which were declared extinct in 1898, have now begun ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Life on Earth began over four billion years ago, not long ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

Known by some as the ‘Gateway to Hell’, the Batagay crater in Siberia is the world’s largest megaslump ...

'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivors World's fattest parrot — on the verge of extinction 30 ...

MADISON, Wis. - Lake sturgeon don't need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, April 22 saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return ...

When we think of prehistoric life, most of us picture dinosaurs, fossils, or something locked away in a museum. But not everything from that era disappeared. Some animals didn’t just survive – they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like the rest of the West Coast, far Northern California was under water when early dinosaurs roamed North America. That doesn’t ...

There’s unique, and then there’s the pangolin. These incredible creatures resemble something from prehistoric times with their protective suit of armor. However, it isn’t just how they look that sets ...