Scientists from the University of Colombia have found an ancient "ghost" DNA genome that existed in South America over 6,000 ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick have extracted ancient DNA from sediment cores beneath the North Sea, detecting ...

A landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe had temperate forests that could have sustained Stone Age people for millennia before the landmass was flooded, a new study suggests.

Researchers have identified the long-mysterious Toronto “subway deer” as a previously unknown extinct deer related to the ...

Ancient DNA shows Doggerland beneath the North Sea supported forests and wildlife 16,000 years ago, revealing a milder Ice Age refuge.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By comparing hundreds of plant genomes, researchers identified more than 2.3 million ...

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...