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

The end of the Cretaceous Period, 66 million years ago, marked the dramatic extinction of the dinosaurs. Until now, our ...

Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.

The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

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

Sir David Attenborough comes face-to-face with the dodo, the first animal driven to extinction by humans in recorded history. In this extraordinary encounter, he reveals how this long-lost species has ...

Seven decades after its launch, the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show continues to thrive, serving as one of the oldest and ...

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

This finding has shed new light on the evolutionary past of birds and revealed critical information about their survival and ...

A 69-million-year-old Antarctic fossil proves some birds thrived before the dinosaurs’ extinction, reshaping avian evolution ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the early evolution of ...