In a quiet part of what is now South Australia, more than half a billion years ago, life was locked in battle. The ocean ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago gathered in huge herds, according to a new study.

A company revealed Monday it’s created the “world’s first de-extinct animals,” two wolf pups genetically modified to resemble extinct dire wolves.

Colossal Biosciences—the company whose mission is “de-extinction”—has pulled off one of the wildest feats in modern science: ...

From immense sea predators to ferocious land dwellers ... Image via wikipedia Resembling gigantic prehistoric armadillos, the Glyptodon were armored mammals that lived primarily in the warmer regions ...

this would make it an all-around predator in the prehistoric world. The fossil offers fresh perspectives into early reptile diversity, with the discovery that animals such as Retymaijychampsa had ...

Insect predators found in the United States could help keep spotted lanternfly populations in check while potentially reducing reliance on chemical control methods, according to a new study.

according to a new study providing clues about how those mammals evolved as they faced giant predators. The study, published in the journal Science, used scientific techniques that have similarly ...

and mammals, demonstrating a remarkable transition from water to land. Helicoprion. Image via Openverse. One of the ocean’s most bizarre prehistoric predators, Helicoprion, lived around 270 million ...

BEIJING -- The early mammals that lived alongside dinosaurs over 150 million years ago likely had dark, dusky brown fur, helping them blend into the night and evade predators. A collaborative team ...