Tunas did not become large, fast and warm-blooded simply because an asteroid cleared the oceans of competing predators. Their ...
Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient ...
Scientists say some of the traits that define modern humans may have evolved only after long-standing biological and cultural ...
Paranthropus was a strange prehistoric hominin that lived alongside early human ancestors across Africa for nearly two ...
Long before dinosaurs ruled the continents and modern crocodiles first appeared, their ancestors were already going through a ...
A handful of tiny fossil jaws fill a missing chapter in the evolutionary history of Australia’s most successful marsupial ...
Scientists have made this dream a reality by bringing back dire wolves, a species extinct for over 10,000 years. These massive wolves, known from the TV show Game of Thrones, are now growing at an ...
On West Africa’s stunningly diverse Bioko Island, rare primates are being slaughtered to feed a growing bush-meat trade. When ...