A newly discovered prehistoric mammal may hold clues to how life survived the dinosaur-killing extinction. The tiny species, ...

Fossil records reveal two giant species of octopus at the top of the food chain 100 million years ago. | Credit: Illustration ...

A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Instead, the key difference may have been social connectivity—Homo sapiens formed ...

Photo provided to China Daily] High on a cliff in Lushan county of Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, a small cave is rewriting the story of the region's earliest modern humans. The ...

A new study in PNAS reveals that the extinction of large mammals between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago continues to affect modern predator-prey relationships, especially in the Americas. Researchers ...

Amid destruction and devastation in the wake of war, Iranians have found a rare glimmer of hope among one of the nation’s most endangered species.

A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...

This article details the groundbreaking archaeological findings at the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in Southeastern Oregon.

Seventy-five million years ago, a Cimolodon desosai lived in the waning days of the Cretaceous period. While dinosaurs ruled ...

A newly discovered prehistoric mammal reveals how small, adaptable species may have survived Earth’s deadliest extinction ...

A fossil beak from an ancient octopus has forced scientists to rethink who ruled the Cretaceous seas. Researchers say two ...

Between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, many of the world's largest mammals disappeared. Picture creatures like saber-toothed cats with 7-inch fangs and ...