Latest articles by Vasika Udurawane

Tiny elephants are far from a new scientific discovery. Many species have been found on some of the smallest and most remote parts of the world. And none were smaller than those at Spinagallo Cave, Sicily.

Every Jurassic Park movie seems to be building up to the big question of whether we will ever see a living dinosaur again. While the likelihood of reviving extinct creatures from amber is almost zero, some scientists think an alternate route is possible – by genetically engineering a chicken and creating a “chickensaurus.”

Miniature deer, about the size of a beagle, once strolled around an island off the coast of Panama. Yet they are no longer with us today. When did these Ice Age leftovers die, and what killed them?