Dire wolves — or really, wolves with traits like the extinct species — are back. But New York has plenty of its own fascinating extinct species.

As paleontologist Grant Zazula, noted, "I think anytime anyone sees [a] giant beaver skull, they’re like, 'Wow, it must have been a saber-tooth cat and eating people…You have this animal that ...

Leard and Palmer are experienced scientists pursuing their doctoral degrees in earth and atmospheric sciences at MSU while ...