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 ...

A 49-foot prehistoric snake, Vasuki indicus, has been discovered in India, rewriting our understanding of ancient reptiles.

A clay layer one-hundredth of an inch thick preserves the fleshy details of dinosaurs buried suddenly in east-central Wyoming ...

A tusk from a woolly mammoth, estimated to be 10,000 years old, has gone on display. The tusk originated from somewhere ...

The computer modeling revealed that prehistoric humans influenced European landscapes through two primary mechanisms: deliberate burning of trees and shrubs to create more open habitats, and hunting ...

KIMBERLY, Ore. (KTVZ) — A groundbreaking paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has uncovered fossilized footprints dating back as far as 50 million years, offering ...

Natural Trap Cave is a pit in northern Wyoming into which countless animals have fallen and met their untimely demise since the Pleistocene. Paleontologists today find the cave a treasure trove — a ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

Various video games feature extinct animals, predominantly dinosaurs, with creative interpretations mixing fact and fiction. Games like World of Warcraft and Horizon Zero Dawn depict dinosaurs and ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that ...