Polar bears are one of the largest surviving prehistoric animals. Their existence is deeply connected to the health of polar ecosystems.

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Feb. 26, 2025 — A team has gathered photographic data on daily mammalian activity, studying 445 total species around the world with surprising results. The project generated a massive dataset of ...

Hundreds of animals met their deaths in its depths, and their remains were eventually entombed in sediment. In 2022, two hobbyist fossil hunters diving in the Steinhatchee River stumbled upon this ...

Feb. 25, 2025 — An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have ...

Extinct animals are some of the most fascinating creatures. Not only do we know they existed based on fossil evidence, but we’re left to speculate a great deal on how they lived, what they looked like ...

Imagine being a paleontologist exploring Utah’s Jurassic-aged rocks. Imagine discovering the bones of a 20-meter-long, 20-ton herbivorous dinosaur. Then consider: How could any beast become so big?

In the vast, sun-baked deserts of Arizona, a tapestry of life unfurls that connects our modern world to a time long past. While dinosaurs may no longer roam these lands, several remarkable creatures ...

We’ll explain this lack of dinosaur fossil remains while also exploring some prehistoric animals that called this island home throughout its history. Hawaii is one of the few states that does not have ...

The prehistoric world was a complex tapestry of living organisms, each playing a crucial role within their ecosystems. Among these fascinating creatures stood the mastodon, a distant relative of the ...