Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient ...

Inside the stomach of an ancient wolf puppy found entombed in Siberian permafrost, scientists discovered meat from a woolly ...

But ancient New Zealand was home to an extinct species of great penguin around three million years ago, during a period in Earth's history known as the mid-Piacenzian Warming Period. (Image credit: CC ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from remains found in the stomach of a naturally ...