Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that ancient marine organisms may have used giant magnetofossils—massive magnetic ...

Mammoths were not the only enormous beasts ancient humans hunted. Elephant ancestors were also on the menu. While analyzing over 300 skeletal remains excavated in northwestern Rome, a team of ...

Archaeologists have finally uncovered the purpose of four mysterious stone megastructures scattered across Europe. These ...

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

The “mighty” new prehistoric whale species was about 40 feet long based on the fossilized bones. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

A fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton excavated from Angola’s costal cliffs. Credit Hillsman S. Jackson, Southern Methodist University. The story of prehistoric ocean life that emerged in the ...

A major dinosaur trackway, 166 million years old, has been discovered in Oxfordshire. This find reveals hundreds of ...

Almost 200 engravings created around 12,000 years ago have been discovered in Saudi Arabia, including depictions of camels ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...