The earth has gone through many cycles of extinction, but these eight candidates may be extinct creatures that are actually still alive.

From the dense forests of the Pacific Northwest to the swamps of Florida, the United States has no shortage of myths and ...

One such example is a species considered the ‘King Kong’ of apes—Gigantopithecus blacki—which went extinct between 295,000 and 215,000 years ago. Its demise puzzled paleontologists for years.