Biologist and archaeologist Allowen Evin, of CNRS, and her colleagues compared the size and shape of 643 skulls from dogs and wolves: 158 from modern dogs, 86 from modern wolves, and 391 from ...

Ancient RNA from Yuka, a 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth preserved in permafrost, can offer new biological insights into the Ice Age animal’s life.

High up in the icy mountains of Norway, archaeologists have discovered a unique 1,500-year-old reindeer trap, alongside ...

A sleepy koala may seem worlds apart from a giant Ice Age predator, but scientists have uncovered the first molecular ...

Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and might have ...

The rib belonged to a zygorhiza, a toothed whale that lived 34 to 38 million years ago and grew up to 18 feet long. Whale ...

Apple TV has revealed the trailer for the new chapter of the award-winning natural history series “Prehistoric Planet: Ice ...

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the ...

Scientists drilling into Mercer Lake, a Subglacial Antarctic lake locked beneath 3500 feet (one kilometer) of ice have discovered the ancient carcasses of tiny animals including “water bears,” in a ...

Watch the Season 3 First Look Clip for Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, a five-part natural history event series distributed by Apple TV and narrated by Tom Hiddleston. Don't miss a look at this new clip ...

LOVELL — Falling 100 feet down into a dark cave is (almost) never a good thing. It is easy to imagine: a mountain lion sprinting after an antelope at 45 mph, both animals cresting a low rise. The ...

Mammoths are among the most iconic Ice Age animals. In North America, two main species lived side by side: the woolly mammoth in colder northern regions, and the Columbian mammoth across warmer ...