An international research team has uncovered 270-million-year-old fossil tracks belonging to a dog-like predator ...

"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

VERNAL — A previously unknown muskrat-sized mammal species that once roamed this area when the Intermountain West looked more like a swampland millions of years ago has been discovered through a ...

A Dec. 4 article about fossils of previously unknown mammal species discovered in Africa incorrectly identified tigers as members of modern Africa's native fauna. There are no native wild tigers in ...

The world's oldest known mammal has been identified using dental records – predating what scientists previously thought was the first mammal to walk the Earth by millions of years – according to new ...

Recent discoveries have shown that brightly colored crests and eye-catching patterns adorned many dinosaurs. Meanwhile, our ...

Paleontologists have revealed what may be the earliest known saber-toothed animal to have ever lived—a predator that roamed our planet before the age of the dinosaurs. In a study published in the ...

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone belonging to a previously unknown mammal species with razor-like teeth. With the ...

A New York homeowner made a remarkable discovery in their backyard last September. The teeth from a complete mastodon jaw were peaking out of the soil. The stunning find near the hamlet of Scotchtown ...

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An illustration depicting all mammal species that would inhabit Southern California today if not for human-linked extinction, with extinct species appearing in black and white. Research conducted in ...

This is just one of several newcomers debuting to the world through Prehistoric Planet's latest season. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...