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

While fossil trackways are widely used to estimate the speed of extinct animals, especially dinosaurs, new research suggests ...

Prehistoric Body Theater brings ancient creatures to life through dance in the U.S. premiere of "Ghosts of Hell Creek: Stone ...

And while some mammals, birds, small reptiles, fish, and amphibians survived, diversity among the remaining life-forms dropped precipitously. In total, this mass extinction event claimed three ...

A pair of 14,000-year-old "puppies" found melting out of the permafrost in Siberia have undergone genetic testing, proving ...

Fossils unearthed in New Zealand reveal Kumimanu fordycei, a giant penguin species from the Paleocene epoch, weighing around 350 pounds. This discover ...

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Some of the new bones have skeletal features only found in this group. And, like modern birds, some of these birds had no true teeth. “If they are part of the modern bird group, they would be the ...

The fossil, discovered at McGraths Flat in New South Wales, belongs to a previously unknown species of trapdoor spider named Megamonodontium mccluskyi.Measuring more than 23 millimeters in body length ...

The marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), once extinct as a breeding bird in the UK, ... By the early 20th century, this striking bird of prey had vanished from Britain, ...

The marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), once extinct as a breeding bird in the UK, has made a remarkable comeback over the past five decades. Rainham Marshes, which straddles the border between ...