Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

Learn more about ancient giant kangaroos and the previous research claiming they were too heavy to hop. A new study finds ...

Have you ever seen animals today, like certain birds or reptiles, that sort of look... prehistoric? It turns out that once ...

Sheep may have played a major role in a prehistoric plague outbreak. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 11, 2025 11:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, reaching lengths of nearly 100 feet and weighing more than 300 ...

More than 66 million years ago, Mexico was home to numerous species of dinosaurs, some of them as terrifying as T. rex.

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

A detailed study of bones and tendons overturns assumptions about the mobility of Australia’s extinct mega kangaroos.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Natural Trap Cave is a pit in northern Wyoming into which countless animals have fallen and met their untimely demise since the Pleistocene.

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...