Bowhead whales, denizens of the Arctic Ocean, are revealed as exceptionally long-lived mammals, potentially reaching ages ...

While Vernal is known for dinosaurs, with many being discovered in the area, there is a different kind of creature making waves for being found nearby.

The Sherman Museum is transporting visitors back to the era of massive mammals and giant glaciers this summer with the return of Dino Days. For its 14th year, the annual exhibit is focusing less on ...

If Yellowstone is dangerous now, it’s a cakewalk compared to the Pleistocene age where humans had to contend with mammoths, ...

Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...

I sit to one side of the Saddle as remains of Ice Age mammals slowly emerge into the light. Like the scientists scattered over the subterranean hillside, I wear warm clothing, boots and a caving ...

Europe’s mammal recovery is a rare bright thread in the tangle of biodiversity loss. It shows that given the right conditions ...

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to ...

Archaeologists in Texas recently discovered prehistoric megafauna bones, including a giant ground sloth, during a highway project in Lubbock, according to officials.

“There was a kind of misunderstanding that 1.5 was going to solve all our problems,” said Chris Stokes, a professor at Durham University in England who focuses on glaciers and ice ...