Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient ...

A 370 million-year-old fossil found in Scotland is an entirely new form of life which towered 26ft tall, scientists have confirmed.

Inside the stomach of an ancient wolf puppy found entombed in Siberian permafrost, scientists discovered meat from a woolly ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

But ancient New Zealand was home to an extinct species of great penguin around three million years ago, during a period in Earth's history known as the mid-Piacenzian Warming Period. (Image credit: CC ...

A fish species thought to be extinct has suddenly been found in a small pond in Bolivia. The rare seasonal killifish, Moema claudiae, has not been recorded in the wild for more than 20 years and its ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from remains found in the stomach of a naturally ...