For an animal that already looks assembled from spare parts, the platypus has added another twist to its history. Fossils ...

A new study shows that the extinction of giant mammals between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago continues to affect global food ...

A new study shows how the loss of large animals thousands of years ago still shapes ecosystems today and may affect their ...

Fossils reveal an ancient platypus species (Obdurodon insignis) that still had teeth, offering insight into how this unusual ...

A new global study shows that the extinction of large mammals between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago permanently altered predator-prey networks, with impacts still visible today. Researchers ...

A young boy's desert exploration led to an incredible find. Jude Sparks stumbled upon a fossilised tusk and skull. This ...

Recent discoveries have shown that brightly colored crests and eye-catching patterns adorned many dinosaurs. Meanwhile, our earliest mammalian ancestors survived these flamboyant predators by being as ...

Therapsids, the ancient ancestors of mammals, were integral to Earth’s ecosystems during the middle to late Permian period. (CREDIT: Bruce Aleksander / Flickr) Therapsids, the ancient relatives of ...

A group of researchers, including Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) Professor Dr. Steven Jasinski, has published a study on fossil carnivoran mammals from the foothills of the ...

Over the past 125,000 years, the average size of mammals on the Earth has shrunk. And humans are to blame. That's the conclusion of a new study of the fossil record by paleo-biologist Felisa Smith of ...