Monitor lizards are a genus of large lizards found in Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. There are 80 recognized species ...

The bones he encountered belonged to a newly named species, Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, which is part of the hyaenodonts’ family ...

One Florida resident captured dramatic footage of two black bears engaged in a territorial fight on her back porch.

By Stephen Beech Crocodiles' ability to eat almost anything helped their ancestors survive two mass extinctions, suggests new ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's ...

Twelve million years ago, a massive herd of rhinos gathered at a watering hole in what is now northeastern Nebraska. But when ...

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated ...

The biggest dire wolf would have paled in comparison to Epicyon haydeni, the largest canine to ever walk the Earth!

Colossal, the company looking to bring back the woolly mammoth and dodo bird, has created three dire wolf pups. See why they went extinct, pics.

The Siwaliks, part of the outer Himalayas, span Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Fossils found here reveal a rich ...

Scientists have uncovered a 10 million-year-old fossil of a carnivorous mammal in the Himalayas, shedding light on ancient ecosystems.