The natural world is full of wonders that often seem to defy belief. Some creatures are so extraordinary, they look as if ...

Move over, caveman clichés; Neanderthals weren’t just club-wielding hunters. New research reveals that they were culinary ...

Over billions of years, the drive to survive, reproduce, and outcompete rivals has pushed plants and animals to incredible ...

Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in North America.

A 247-million-year-old fossil reptile boasted an enormous crest on its back made from feather-like appendages, long before ...

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

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 ...

Seven footprints believed to be about 115,000 years old have been found amid various prehistoric animal prints.

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 ...

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

DES MOINES, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo is taking a prehistoric turn with a temporary name change to Dino Park Zoo, featuring 17 dinosaur animatronics that roar, move and breathe like the real thing.