"We're the dominant species, by far, and no animal is going to get large under our hegemony. The chances of getting anything as big as a Cretaceous dinosaur again are unlikely." Joshua A.

but even made clothing from the animal hides to help them survive the harsh winters. The sturdy individuals also had a distinctive physical feature – relatively large heads with low, wide skulls ...

Some animals have evolved huge skulls to support massive mouths, especially filter feeders like whale sharks and basking sharks, whose heads help them consume vast quantities of tiny prey.

For animals that weigh more than a tonne ... That might explain why many had enormous head crests, says Dyer. “I would speculate that they had a role in thermoregulation.” ...

After spending about a week at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens while the Line Fire raged in the San Bernardino National Forest, a cohort of nearly 50 animals safely returned to the Big Bear ...

Scientists trying to work out where a starfish’s head is have come to a startling conclusion: it is effectively the whole animal. As well as solving this longstanding mystery, the finding will ...