More than 66 million years ago, Mexico was home to numerous species of dinosaurs, some of them as terrifying as T. rex.

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

Despite their enormous size, giant ancient kangaroos may have been capable of hopping in short, powerful bursts.

Using today's species as a reference, the researchers estimated the size and width of the tendons needed to withstand the ...

Great Britain holds a surprisingly rich fossil record that documents life long before humans appeared. From early marine ...

Another rare and prehistoric fish washed ashore on Fripp Island in Beaufort County this week. Here’s what we know.

Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg ...

Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg may not have been too big to bounce, overturning long-held assumptions about ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago.

Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg may not have been too big ...

It was a Cro Magnon opus. Europe might not be the birthplace of human symbolic culture as previously thought. International scientists have discovered a stencil of a hand in Indonesia that dates back ...

Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex predators. Here’s how these flightless birds hunted, and why they went ...