At first glance, this mammal looks like a horse gone terribly wrong. But, in reality, Chalicotherium is far from a botched ...

A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities challenges previous classifications paleontologists use ...

For 75 years, a pair of fossils in the collection of an Alaska museum was believed to have come from a mammoth. Not so, says ...

It finally happened. We teamed up for a classic day of SCUBA diving in a Florida river in search of Ice Age fossils. These waters date back to the Pleistocene, between 1.8 million and 10,000 years old ...

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign.

Discover more about the egg-laying monotremes of Oceania and the ancient traits they still carry.

Museum scientists have identified and described an extinct rhinoceros species from Canada’s High Arctic. Researchers at the ...

A heartwarming rediscovery has been made on the world’s largest tropical island. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna ...

Learning how pronghorn survived the climate changes that ended the ice ages anddrove so many other large mammals to ...

The research provides new clues for understanding animal extinction and environmental changes. The paper was recently published in Paleobiology, a peer reviewed journal.

Pioneering techniques used in this research may soon be applied to other dinosaur fossils and alter the course of ...