A Biologist Explains How Prehistoric ‘Terror Birds’ Earned Their Name

Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex predators. Here’s how these flightless birds hunted, and why they went ...

Scientists Find Extinct Rhino DNA in Wolf Pup Mummy’s Stomach

Scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from an unusual place: the stomach ...

Dog abandoned with slit throat near Yonkers cemetery, $1000 for leads

Police and animal rescuers are on the hunt for someone who left a dog near a Yonkers cemetery with a severe cut to its neck.

Prehistoric wolf’s gut frozen in time reveals an ice age giant

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in an unusual source: the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.

The DNA of an extinct species is found in a mummified wolf pup's stomach

Inside the stomach of an ancient wolf puppy found entombed in Siberian permafrost, scientists discovered meat from a woolly ...
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Do their ears hang low? The genetics of dogs’ adorable floppy ears

A gene that is important for human hearing could determine whether a dog’s ears are pendulous like a basset hound’s or stubby ...

14,000-year-old woolly rhinoceros DNA extracted from wolf’s stomach

Towards the end of the last ice age, an ancient wolf feasted on a young woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). When the ...