Have you ever seen animals today, like certain birds or reptiles, that sort of look... prehistoric? It turns out that once ...

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 ...

Based on fossil finds, archaeologists are now piecing together how ancient humans thrived in a land dominated by dangerous large animals. A study published in the journal Science Advances has unveiled ...

Did you know there were prehistoric crocodiles? Did you know they were really weird looking? Over the years, scientists have found evidence for a lot of strange prehistoric animals, but some of these ...

A new study has uncovered the likely cause behind the mysterious disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Researchers have concluded that ...

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Paleontologist Thais Pansani stands in front the reconstructed skeleton of a giant ground sloth at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on July 11. The Associated ...

Long ago, approximately 2.6 million years ago during the Ice Age, prehistoric animals roamed throughout the U.S., including Louisiana. Prehistoric megafauna like the mastodon, which were large, ...