Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s ...

Titanosaurs were among the largest land animals to ever exist. Now, paleontologists attribute their success to unique adaptations that combined traits of both reptiles and mammals. Let’s discover how ...

Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the ...

The National Park Service said that scientists analyzed four sets of vertebrate trace fossils using 3D imaging techniques. Vertebrates are diverse animals with backbones, such as fish, birds and ...

A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past 60 million years Riley Black - Science Correspondent The tusks of ancient elephants came in a variety of shapes and sizes.

MUKAWA, Hokkaido--Fossils unearthed here are likely of an unknown dinosaur species that was an ancestor of birds, Hokkaido University and the town of Mukawa announced on Jan. 6. The fossilized ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By ...

We've already been introduced to the ostriches of Africa. In Madagascar, the aptly named elephant bird — which at 10-feet tall was the tallest bird of its time — patrolled the island until it ...

The fossil, dubbed Penghu 1, not only underscores these archaic humans’ astonishing adaptability to diverse climates – from frigid Siberian caves to balmy Southeast Asian coastlines – but ...