Scientists have identified and named over a million animal species, and there are millions more yet to be discovered across Earth's seven continents. But which continent has the most animal species?

A forgotten continent may have formed a bridge between Asia and Europe around 40 million years ago. Fossil records show the land once hosted distinct species like marsupials and hippo-like mammals.

The lost continent of Zealandia may once have been much closer to land level, providing a way for plants and animals to cross continents 80 million years ago. Scientists affiliated with the ...

A "lost" continent that once connected Asia to southern Europe may have formed an ancient passageway that helped animals migrate west, leading to a sudden and widespread extinction event around 34 ...

The discovery of a new dicynodont species suggests early land animals moved across Pangaea later and more widely than ...

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The Snowflake community in Scott County, Va., may seem like an unconventional place to spot a white Bengal tiger cub. But that cub’s there — along with a whole host of other animals representing six ...

A global system dubbed the “internet of animals,” which tracks wildlife via satellite, is one step closer to becoming a ...

LENOX — A diagonal rain pelts them from behind, streams of water visible against their black stripes. Tall grass and gray sky surrounds. The three zebras frozen in a Serengeti National Park expanse ...

Scientists didn't expect to stumble upon the remains of a forgotten continent in the Balkans and Anatolia, a peninsula in western Asia. Instead, they were to hoping to solve a mystery: Fossils from ...