Archaeologists found 115,000-year-old human footprints where they shouldn't be—and they just might rewrite the history of ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

For decades, a collection of fossil fragments sat forgotten in museum drawers — a paleontological "cold case" waiting for ...

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There’s unique, and then there’s the pangolin. These incredible creatures resemble something from prehistoric times with their protective suit of armor. However, it isn’t just how they look that sets ...

Paleontologist Thais Pansani stands in front the reconstructed skeleton of a giant ground sloth at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on July 11. The Associated ...

COMAL COUNTY, Texas — A Texas paleontologist has made a discovery that could re-write what scientists know about prehistoric life in the state. In March, John Moretti, a paleontologist with the ...

The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals by Mike Barfield, illustrated by Paula Bossio, has been awarded the ...

Oh, to be human... Our brains are locked in fragile bone prisons, we've got bad eyesight, and we complain when we have a ...