Walk through a forest, dive beneath the ocean, or peer into a swamp, and you might encounter something that looks like it crawled straight out of the Jurassic period — because, in a very real sense, ...

The deposit remained hidden for thousands of years and contains remains from different species that help reconstruct what the ...

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...

The music produced for Apple TV's "Prehistoric Planet" was created in part with custom instruments made from actual fossils and replicas of skulls. Apple's streaming service is home to a variety of ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

The video profiles large prehistoric animals outside the dinosaur family, including Archelon and Sarcosuchus. It explains ...

Earth once hosted more than 10,000 species of these ancient marine predators. Find out how they lived, when they vanished, ...

Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals have ...

Scientists still debate the purpose of this dinosaur's iconic horns and spiky head plate. Find out what we’ve learned about how Triceratops lived and why it went extinct.

A pioneering study in experimental archaeology has revealed the techniques used by prehistoric communities in north-eastern Europe to extract animal teeth for crafting personal ornaments—offering ...