Is bringing a species back from extinction truly possible, or are we simply creating something new in its image? As headlines swirl around the highly publicized birth of three wolf pups, Curiosity ...

Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The Frisky, Vice, and Best Friends Magazine. Curiosity Stream/YouTube ...

They once ruled the Earth, and now they rule the skies. The latest discoveries confirm that all birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs, not distant relatives. This documentary follows the ...

The West Texas desert has a surprising feature: a prehistoric ocean reef. There is a surprising natural wonder in the middle of the vast West Texas desert: a prehistoric ocean reef built from the ...

Around 252 million years ago, life on Earth suffered its most catastrophic blow to date: a mass extinction event known as the “Great Dying” that wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025. Three pups ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Earth has experienced at least five "mass extinction" events throughout its existence, but some species have been able to survive these major shifts. Utah researchers say they believe ...

New research suggests that dinosaur populations were thriving in North America before the asteroid impact 66 million years ...

Scientists warn that the planet is entering its sixth mass extinction, a crisis driven by deforestation, pollution, and the rapid disappearance of species at rates unseen since the age of dinosaurs.

"The pace of change we’re seeing today is unlike anything we know of in the past 66 million years," said ecologist Jack Hatfield.