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Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in North America.

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In the long history of life on Earth, one of the biggest turning points came when our distant ancestors stood tall—literally.

The Entelodont, the largest prehistoric pig to inhabit North America in the Eocene Period, could grow up to the size of a ...

Ancient Origins articles related to prehistoric cooking in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and ...

Echidnas are quill-covered mammals that are native to Australia and New Guinea. They lay eggs like their platypus cousins, and they have spines like porcupines, but they're a unique species all their ...