Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

Over 100 million years ago, Australia's dinosaurs shared links with South America's due to the continents' connection through ...

The fossil sheds light on interactions within the Cretaceous food web and may represent the first record of this type of ...

North America is home to some of the world’s most surreal landscapes, from towering rock formations to otherworldly locations ...

Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could ...

From towering dinosaurs to ancient sea monsters, these 8 fossil hotspots have uncovered some of the most astonishing ...

For example, the population of Cahokia, the largest known city in prehistoric North America, peaked around 1100 and then declined soon thereafter due to over-farming, hunting and climate change.

A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex predator, Bastetodon.

Explore the fascinating discovery of the African predator Bastetodon syrtos, an ancient prehistoric carnivore from Egypt.

Fossils are providing more and more clues about how dinosaurs attracted one another and reproduced, which contributed to ...

A remarkable collection of fossils has been unearthed in Florida after a sinkhole swallowed a group of animals. 500,000 years ...