Smithsonian Magazine

A Century Ago, an Extinct Crocodilian’s Skull Was Found in the Rocks That Built the Sphinx. Turns Out, It Belonged to a New Species

The specimen was long mislabeled, according to a new study. Paleontologists identified it as a previously undescribed genus ...
Science News

An extinct crocodilian was found among rocks that built the Great Sphinx

Herugavialis is the new name for a fossil found in the same rocks that built the Great Sphinx. The reptile is a unique branch ...

Extinct bovine species discovered in Siberia reveals lost relative of yaks

DNA analyses of ancient remains have revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species that inhabited southern Siberia ...
GristOpinion

Trump is gutting the Endangered Species Act. These 10 species show what’s at stake.

The Supreme Court once billed the Endangered Species Act as “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of ...
IFLScience

Meet "Yak X," A Newly Discovered Extinct Species Found In Siberia's Famed Denisova Cave

Using ancient DNA recovered from bone fragments, researchers discovered a new species of extinct bovine in Denisova Cave, a ...
Forbes

Meet 4 ‘Extinct’ Animals That Were Miraculously Rediscovered (Hint: One Was An Ancient Fish Found In A Fishing Net In 1938)

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...
Discover Magazine

This Newly Identified Species of Extinct Crocodile is Missing the Tip of Its Nose, Just Like the Great Sphinx

Learn more about Herugavialis cairensis, an extinct crocodile species whose fossil came from the same rocks as the Great ...

Endangered Species

California is taking legal action to preserve the Endangered Species Act, which has helped save condors and sea otters from extinction A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to halt a ...