For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

The chamber of Cova de les Dones where an ancient Roman coin and inscriptions were found. Photo from A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela and X. Martorell In eastern Spain, researchers exploring the Cova de ...

About 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Three years ago, archaeologists were called to a 24-acre plot of land in central England. They were there on behalf of Bloor Homes, a housing development company, to search the land and make sure ...

Cold Waves in the Rainforest: What They Mean for Wild Animals Jan. 30, 2025 — It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically.

A misidentified Diatryma skull from Germany's Geiseltal region was rediscovered, confirming the rare bird's herbivorous ...

Animal behaviour is the scientific study of the behaviour of animals. The discipline covers study under experimental conditions, behaviourism, or natural conditions, ethology. Our weekly dip into ...

The First Zoo: A Glimpse into Prehistoric Egypt Among the discoveries at Hierakonpolis were the well-preserved carcasses of animals sourced from across the African continent. Leopards ...

Researchers describe the region as “the most attractive land for prehistoric settlement anywhere in the continent.” Today, this land largely makes up the coastal shelf that is currently under ...

As they learned about prehistoric ecosystems and the animals that called them home ... making them thin and typically poorly preserved, researchers said. The species lived 76 million years ...

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