A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?

Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA to breed the animals. Dire wolves ...

Although the wolves are being kept in captivity, experts warn that releasing them into the world could have disastrous consequences.

First, scientists dug up some old bones. Fossils, actually — real direwolf teeth and skulls buried in the earth for 13,000 to 72,000 years. These bones still had tiny fragments of DNA inside — think ...

Ohio Thrift Store isn’t just a second-hand shop; it’s a 30,000-square-foot archaeological expedition where the artifacts of modern American life await rediscovery by savvy explorers with sharp eyes ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles ...

Polar bears interacted with humans during the Neoglacial period, about 4,700 to 2,500 years ago. Scientists uncover ...