Once on land, animals expanded into an assortment of shapes designed for running, flying, hopping, and crawling. The rise of dinosaurs kicked off during the Triassic period, around 230 million ...

Before humans claimed dominance as the top predator, wild cats ruled the land as the most successful and powerful hunters in ...

The animals that plummeted 85 feet into Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave provide a layered history of life dating back to the ...

Long before modern whales ruled the oceans, there was a prehistoric predator unlike any other - Livyatan melvillei. In this video, we dive into the story of this massive sperm whale, its giant teeth, ...

Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses ...

The article delved into ancient species like Dendrogramma, Coelacanth, and Emperor Scorpion, which have survived for hundreds of millions of years. These animals offer insights into life's history ...

For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths through hunting, along with many other massive animals like mastodons, […] ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals. Paleontologists aren’t easily deterred by evolutionary dead ends or a sparse ...

Fossils are so common in Pennsylvania Bluestone that Glass often points out prehistoric plant fragments and ancient tide ...

These animals are well-adapted to watery habitats but can’t move well on land because their leg muscles are too weak, so they slide on their bellies to get around above water.

It’s worth noting that the name “Bering Land Bridge” is often misleading. The landscape was not a literal bridge that necessarily compelled ancient humans and animals to cross it—it was a ...