The country has been known as a hub for the trade in illegal wildlife. But it has been stepping up enforcement as concerns ...

The USFWS seized hundreds of illegally trafficked birds and eggs from a collector in Georgia who created demand for wildlife ...

Our ancestors fought for this land,” says Jair Goporas, 21. He leans forwards into the dim glow of a bare bulb, his eyes ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

Scientists say the map of a speck of a mouse's brain could be as transformative as the Human Genome Project. Here's what to know.

A biotech company made history with the birth of three genetically engineered wolves: What we know about these prehistoric ...

Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweaked gray wolves. But the technology could be used to help at-risk animals.

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...