Prehistoric animals once roamed — and ruled — planet Earth. Some of them, like the giant sloth or the woolly rhino, were generally gentle. Others, like the saber-toothed tiger and the dire wolves, ...

Scientists still debate the purpose of this dinosaur's iconic horns and spiky head plate. Find out what we’ve learned about ...

Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made ...

Extinction is a part of nature. Of the five billion species that have existed on Earth, 99.9 per cent have vanished. The Late Devonian extinction, nearly four hundred million years ago, annihilated ...

Iñaki Intxaurbe, a researcher at the EHU-University of the Basque Country, analyzed the distribution of images in nine caves ...

Millions of years ago, a large herbivore walked through an ancient valley and snacked on vegetation. The land would later become the Iberian Peninsula, and the valley the creature stood would be ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made ...

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 ...

Throughout history, some extinct animals have emerged as formidable hunters that roamed the Earth with unmatched ferocity, while others have taken their place as gentle giants, embodying grace and ...

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 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...