Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex predators. Here’s how these flightless birds hunted, and why they went ...

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Environmentalists are suing the federal government over what they say is a failure to protect the horseshoe crab, a ...

Experts and novices alike hunt for specimens that could change our understanding of evolution – and all only a short day trip from Melbourne ...

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

Crocodiles and alligators are usually the apex predators in whatever environment they live in. Their massive jaws and armored ...

Exiled son of Iran's toppled Shah, Reza Pahlavi, called on Iranians to begin a nationwide strike. In a country with history ...

A fossilized dinosaur egg discovered in central India has turned out to be even stranger than it first appeared. Inside the ...

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk.

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