Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many ...

New fossil studies reveal that ancient predators like saber-toothed cats vanished rapidly after their primary prey species ...

Uncover the ancient history of Big Bone Lick State Park in Union, Kentucky. Learn how this fossil-rich salt lick became the ...

The research demonstrates the adaptability of basking sharks, which can tolerate vastly different ocean temperatures. While ...

When Andrea Marshall began studying manta rays in Mozambique in 2003 there was so little information about the species that ...

A bumblebee’s buzz can shake a flower like a salt shaker. By carrying the fallen pollen to other flowers, bumblebees help plants make the fruits and seeds they use to reproduce and that birds, bears, ...

If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the ...

Cross-referencing climate data and fossils from around 15 million years ago shows that the decline in prey availability may have played a role in the extinction of these felines. Another study cites ...

Ice Age,” a sweeping new installment of the award-winning natural history series. It’s from executive producers Jon Favreau ...

Sudden deaths : the chronology of terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinction / Stuart Fiedel -- Estimates of Clovis-era megafaunal populations and their extinction risks / Gary Haynes -- Paleobiology ...

What is a living fossil? Learn more about the living fossils among us and why this topic is highly debated among scientists.