South America's largest land mammal has made a historic comeback. The South American tapir hasn't been spotted in the Atlantic Forest for over 100 years and was considered extinct in Brazil's coastal ...

Science. NASA raises the alert: new calculations place the Bernabeu-sized meteorite closer to Earth Science. Science speaks: What would happen if an asteroid hit the Earth? Despite making up more ...

Coelacanth: Once though to be extinct for 66 million years, this ancient fish was rediscovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938. It currently has a population of less than 1,000.

A tree species once thought to be extinct is thriving in Michigan. The dawn redwood was rediscovered in the 1940s. Since then, dozens – perhaps even hundreds – have been planted throughout ...

The extinct human relative is from the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is "nutcracker man" because of its massive jaws and huge molars.However, the newfound Paranthropus species has a more ...

At Zao Onsen Ski Resort in the city of Yamagata, ice trees conveying a feeling of winter are at their best. Ice trees are formed when snow and ice repeatedly stick to Maries' fir trees on Mount ...

It is believed that during the Mahabharata period, the Saraswati River was cursed by Durvasa Rishi. The curse decreed that the river would remain extinct until the end of Kaliyuga and would return to ...

Mieko Yoshimura won a fifth four-year term as governor of Yamagata Prefecture in an election Sunday. Yoshimura, a 73-year-old independent, became the first woman in Japan to be elected prefectural ...

The surprising list of baby names set to go 'extinct' in 2025 has been revealed. New data by BabyCenter has revealed which names are being abandoned by modern parents - with some dropping a ...

Due to intensive hunting and rapid urbanization, this species was practically extinct. The South American tapir is key to the ecosystem of the Atlantic Forest region, as it acts as a forest ...

At the other end of the scale, though, BabyCenter has isolated all the names that are now being used so infrequently by new parents that they’re at risk of going extinct. Jamie fell a staggering ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science fiction: reviving the dodo, a bird that’s been extinct for more than ...