EXTINCTION

As more Millennials have children, many of them are shying away from names that were popular in their own classrooms decades ago. 

A new exhibit coming to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City examines elephants’ past, present, and future.

Here’s your introduction to this legendary, (maybe?) extinct avian—and a look-alike species that might be the source of all the rumors.

New research suggests that the real-life inspiration for Ghost from 'Game of Thrones' wasn’t a wolf species.

Massachusetts already has its fair share of state symbols (including Boston cream pie and Boston cream doughnuts), but you can never have too many.

The 68-million-year-old fossil egg’s mystery mother may have been one of the fiercest marine predators from the Late Cretaceous period.

The Bramble Cay melomys was a tiny rodent that lived on a tiny Australian island. The now-extinct animal was killed off by climate change, scientists say.

When you express gratitude with your loved ones this Thanksgiving, don’t forget to be grateful for mammoth poop.

From Benjamin the thylacine to Lonesome George the Pinta Island Tortoise, these endlings had an unfortunate claim to fame.

The presumed remains of the ancient penguins are a “jumbled mixture” of bones from three modern species.

Ninety percent of frogs alive today descend from just three lineages that survived the extinction 66 million years ago.

There’s a gooey time capsule in the heart of Los Angeles, left over from an era when saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, camels, and giant sloths prowled southern California.