A discovery about the dark fur of early mammals confirms long-held theories about their evolutionary and ecological behavior.

In a thrilling revelation for paleontologists and history buffs alike, a new species of early mammal has been discovered in ...

Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, ...

Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources took aim Wednesday at the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), arguing both landmark statutes ...

A routine hunting trip on a West Texas ranch turned into a major scientific discovery when a hunter stumbled upon a rare ...

The changes beavers make can help land hold onto water and release it slowly, which eases flooding and stalls drought.

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body -- closer ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...

Screenshot from Meet Heliocola: The Mammal That Lived With Dinosaurs, Source: YouTube, Uploaded: Berkay Kocak In northwest Colorado a new prehistoric mammal species, Heleocola piceanus has risen to ...

Lack of food eventually made the prehistoric elephant go extinct. Considering the size of this mammal, it is unlikely that any of the carnivores that lived in Asia at the time were a major threat to ...

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...

Now, researchers have uncovered a substantial cache of prehistoric bone tools in the same region dating back 1.5 million years. It's the oldest collection of mass-produced bone tools yet known, ...