What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago.

That project was later relocated to a 3.5-acre parcel behind Walmart. The ground for the project has not yet been broken. The ...

New techniques used to analyze soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries, according to a ...

The Denisova cave is located in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, Russia, where archaeologists have found fossilized remains of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. A notable discovery is Denny, ...

The "terrible lizards" of the past "could hold the key to future discoveries that could benefit humans," said oncologist ...

Scientists have identified the sex of a 2-million-year-old hominin for the first time using enamel protein analysis.

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of ...

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Scientists rethink the megalodon’s diet after examining minerals in their fossilized teeth (CNN) – A new study has found that the megalodon shark may have devoured both large and small prey alike.

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past.

New research shows 8,000-pound sloths once dug caves, adapted to oceans, and roamed widely—until climate and humans brought their downfall.