Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is helping scientists understand a little bit more about the mysterious ...

For millions of years, the land we now call the United States has been home to towering prehistoric beasts, strange sea creatures, and lush ancient forests that no longer exist. Evidence of this ...

An international research team has uncovered 270-million-year-old fossil tracks belonging to a dog-like predator considered one of the earliest mammal ancestors on the island of Mallorca. Led by ...

Experts and novices alike hunt for specimens that could change our understanding of evolution – and all only a short day trip from Melbourne ...

Scientists exploring Romania’s Hațeg Basin have discovered one of the densest dinosaur fossil sites ever found, with bones ...

Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open, but some 20,000 years ago their ancestors lived in a cave ...

The fossilized tracks extend the geographical range of the straight-tusked elephant to southeast Spain during the Last Interglacial (115,000 years to 130,000 years ago). Read More: Elephants Ask ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

New University of Maryland research suggests that dinosaur parenting strategies helped transform the Mesozoic world, as “latchkey kid dinosaurs” spread into ecological niches their parents left ...

Fossils from a Caribbean cave reveal bees once nested inside animal bones, offering rare insight into ancient insect behavior ...

Ancient wolves found on a human-occupied Baltic island reveal unexpected and complex forms of prehistoric human-animal interaction. Researchers have uncovered wolf remains dating back thousands of ...