DNA recovered from a wolf frozen in permafrost has helped researchers solve a 14,400 year-old woolly rhino extinction mystery ...

This exploration of age perception reveals that while society may pressure individuals to adhere to youth-centric norms, ...

The digested meat from the wolf pup’s last meal, which took place a staggering 14,400 years ago, contained enough DNA from ...

From five-year age gaps to relationships that raise eyebrows, why do men over 60 often date younger women — and why does it ...

I n August 1939, just a few weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War, a scattering of ivory mammoth fragments was ...

While the teen birth rate has plummeted — dropping from 13% of all births in 1990 to just 4% today — the fertility rate for ...

The big cats, which are now vulnerable in this region, once roamed in lavish herds, the evidence of which can be seen in the ...

Microscopic tunnels hidden inside desert rock are forcing scientists to rethink how ancient life spread across Earth. These ...

The Sumatran rhino looks like it wandered out of another era and somehow got lost in the present day. Smaller than its ...

An unusual DNA source shows woolly rhinos did not slowly decline genetically, pointing instead to rapid climate warming.

Scientists have confirmed that a fossil unearthed in Scotland represents a completely new form of life. The organism, known ...

A new study found that women in Finland who had a lot of kids—or none—aged faster than those with one or a few kids. But the ...