“Fossils deposited in hot, dry and arid places, such as large parts of Australia, lose their collagen very early…. The major ...

However, paleontologists hoping to understand what these ecosystems were like originally face one major hurdle: Many giant tortoise species, like Astrochelys rogerbouri, have gone extinct due to ...

A recent study has shed new light on the apparent eating habits of the megalodon, an extinct shark that dominated the ...

Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be ...

The campaign drew hundreds of photos from the public — blurry shots, lookalike species, even copies pulled from the internet.

The study of animals is something that has been carried out by humans since time immemorial. At present, all animal species ...

A giant wound opened up between modern ... Long after their ground-dwelling relatives had gone extinct everywhere else, two species of tree sloth in the Caribbean held out until 4,500 years ...