Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses ...

Scientists estimate that the first generation of reptiles evolved between 320 and 310 million years ago, this group was later dominated by dinosaurs which paleontologists say they evolved on Earth ...

Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language?

Long before the age of giant dinosaurs, the Triassic seas were home to bizarre and terrifying creatures now largely forgotten. Dive into the depths of prehistoric oceans to uncover the strange marine ...

The finished dugout canoe before departure, with leaf wave guards at the bow (right) and stern (left). Vertical sticks at bow ...

Our species arose in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago and later trekked worldwide, eventually reaching some of Earth's most ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Ban Ta Klang, also known locally as “the elephant village,” has about 300 elephants at any time, and the surrounding area in Surin Province claims to be the source of more than half the ...

Turtles are fascinating creatures, from their prehistoric origins to their fantabulous bony shell, as unique to each turtle ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore.

This bomb may have single-handedly ended the Gulf War, but the speed at which it was designed, developed, and deployed is ...

We were amazed when we first noticed this behavior,” said Michael Weiss, research director at the Center for Whale Research in the U.S. state of Washington. What started as a puzzling observation in ...