When you think of extinct animals, you might go to a saber-toothed cat, or the infamous dodo. But there are, unfortunately, a ...

Archaeologists discovered a rock painting of an animal from at least 200 years ago in South Africa that may match with fossils found in the area. The art depicts a horned serpent that may be a ...

Scientists are working these days to bring back creatures from the past that either went extinct due to the environment or at the hands of man. One such animal that the de-extinction phenomenon has ...

The discovery of 200-year-old rock art in South Africa has shed light on the importance of the extinct horned serpent. This unique find predates the first scientific descriptions of dicynodonts.

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