S is for Stern. That’s the word that kept coming to mind as I watched the gorgeous film adaptation of Helen Macdonald’s bestselling memoir H Is for Hawk, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, written by ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

In 1857, Richard Owen discovered 13 fossils that led to a mind-blowing discovery. Discover the largest venomous snake ever.

For years, the biggest flying animal was presented as a settled scientific fact. Closer examination of fossils and biomechanics has revealed gaps in those early conclusions. Questions remain about how ...

It’s easy to assume P. goliah and other giant kangaroos lost their ability to hop as a result of all that bulk. After all, ...

Scientists previously thought hopping was impossible for Protemnodon goliah.

Long thought to have walked bipedally, like us, Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos have features that indicate they could also have bounced ...