Prehistoric animals once roamed — and ruled — planet Earth. Some of them, like the giant sloth or the woolly rhino, were ...

Paleontologists unearthed the fossil in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, and the find is unique because of a sheath preserved on one ...

Early human migration timeline into South America has stirred debate. Researchers have long argued about when these first ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Prehistoric Earth was a terrifying place ... Quetzalcoatlus, one of the largest known flying animals, lived around 70-65 million years ago. With a wingspan exceeding 30 feet (9m), it soared over what ...

Megalodon have always been compared to the modern great white shark. Scientists have found a reason why it shouldn't be.

follows years of analysis and modeling of how muscles interact with bones to create movement in other animals and is now being used to start answering the question of how the largest flying ...

was a member of the research team that first reported the discovery of the giant otter’s fossils in January. Besides providing insight into S. melilutra, the new study raises general questions about ...

When a giant fossilized claw was discovered in West Virginia in the late 1700s, there was great excitement over what extinct animal it could have belonged to. Before becoming president ...

Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins ... Still, Shimada’s findings on how giant sea animals’ size affect their speed could help us better understand the evolution ...

Extremely rare fossil of an ancient scorpion unearthed at China's Jehol Biota. The scorpion would've been a key species in the Cretaceous ecosystem, scientists say.

An ancient animal bone discovered in a quarry about 20 years ago has been donated to a museum. The bone from a palaeoloxodon - an extinct animal also known as a straight-tusked elephant which is ...