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A key-footed glyptodon.
extinct animals

What in the World Was a Key-Footed Glyptodon?

It had a shell as big as a car.
Sarah Laskow November 9, 2018
The locust (soprano Cristin Colvin) and the scientist (tenor Todd Teske) onstage in <em>Locust: The Opera</em>.
insects

How to Write an Opera About Locusts

In Wyoming, a buzzworthy bug mystery hits the stage.
Cara Giaimo October 3, 2018
Meet the blue-throated hillstar.
ecuador

The Existential Ennui of Discovering an Endangered Species

Newly found and already almost lost.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 27, 2018
The Great Auk Sculpture.
Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

Great Auk Sculpture at Fogo Island

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.
Another <em>Megatherium</em> on view at the Natural History Museum.
bones

A Digital Look at Darwin’s Trove of Prehistoric Fossils

London’s Natural History Museum is putting the naturalist’s haul of skulls, molars, and more online.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 13, 2018
The first look at an hispid hare in 34 years.
extinct animals

Found: A Rare Hare, Rediscovered in Nepal's Chitwan National Park

Thirty-four years after it was thought extinct, the hispid hare is alive and kicking.
Christina Ayele Djossa March 15, 2018
The great auk was most comfortable in the water.
islands

After the Last Great Auks Died, We Lost Their Remains

Before they went extinct, great auks were some of the world's most fascinating creatures.
Sarah Laskow March 8, 2018
A puma killed in 1830 in Louisiana, which is outside the animal's current habitat.
cryptozoology

The Eastern Cougar Is Officially Extinct

So why do people keep seeing them?
Cara Giaimo January 30, 2018
Illustration of an extinct New Zealand burrowing bat by Gavin Mouldey.
animals

Found: A Giant Extinct Burrowing Bat

It used to scurry about on all fours on New Zealand's forest floor.
Vittoria Traverso January 10, 2018
Skeleton of a plesiosaur on display at the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
antarctic

Found: A Plesiosaur, Antarctica's Oldest Animal Fossil

The fossil record of the southern continent has much to offer.
Vittoria Traverso December 22, 2017
dinosaurs

The One-Minute Life Stories of Some Fascinating Extinct Species

What looking at animals from the past can tell us about our world now.
Ashawnta Jackson December 8, 2017
A reconstruction of <em>Halszkaraptor escuilliei</em>, an amphibious dinosaur discovered in Mongolia.
dinosaurs

Found: A Dinosaur With Features Borrowed From Swans, Penguins, and Crocs

It's so unique that paleontologists initially doubted its authenticity.
Vittoria Traverso December 7, 2017
Alan Tennyson holds more than 20 fossilized kakapo beaks. Just 154 of the birds are alive today.
science

The Pit of Death That Holds the History of New Zealand's Flightless Birds

A natural trap that became a grave for thousands of avians.
Natasha Frost November 17, 2017
Steller's sea cow was hunted to extinction fewer than thirty years after being described.
exploration

Found: The Massive Skeleton of a Steller's Sea Cow

A 17-foot-long sirenian emerges on a remote Russian island.
Vittoria Traverso November 17, 2017
The newly found skull of an ancient relative of giraffes and okapis sheds new light on their evolution.
extinct animals

Found: A Key Piece in the Puzzle of Giraffe Evolution

A new member of the family.
Vittoria Traverso November 2, 2017
The distinctive markings of the Burmese star tortoise make it a popular option in the exotic pet trade. (Image cropped.)
science

The Burmese Star Tortoise Is Back From the Brink of Extinction

A meteoric return for a slow and steady reptile.
Natasha Frost October 13, 2017
Ball's Pyramid.
science

Scientists Want to Make Sure They're Breeding the Right Giant Stick Insects

DNA says that even though they look different, the bugs from two different islands are one and the same.
Kelsey Kennedy October 6, 2017
A caravan of wild camels in the outback.
science

Giant, Introduced Herbivores Could Be Helping ‘Rewild’ the World

In the anthropocene, maybe feral camels, wild donkeys, and cocaine hippos aren't a bad thing.
Natasha Frost October 2, 2017