A newly discovered prehistoric mammal may hold clues to how life survived the dinosaur-killing extinction. The tiny species, ...

Mammals and dinosaurs coexisted on Earth until a catastrophic event 66 million years ago killed 75% of life on the planet.

A newly identified 23-million-year-old "Arctic" rhinoceros fossil reveals that rhinos lived closer to the North Pole than ...

A recent discovery of Ice Age fossils in Central Texas reveals an extraordinary ecosystem.

Remnants of a lion-sized armadillo dating back to the Ice Age have been discovered resting on the riverbed of a half-submerged cave 40 feet below the surface of Comal County. It’s a sight straight out ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will open a major new exhibition, “Bison: Standing Strong,” Thursday, ...

An Ice Age cave discovery in Central Texas has provided stunning evidence that giant creatures once roamed the region.

The male rose-breasted grosbeak is a plump bird with black and white feathers on his head and wings, and a little red vest on ...

Then you move into the Ice Age exhibits, and this is where the museum really shines. The mastodon skeleton is the centerpiece ...

Scientists thawed the ancient sample from the Alazeya River in northeastern Siberia, and to their surprise, the creature woke ...

More than a hundred years after it was found in Foul Air Cave in Victoria, the fossil is granting us new insights into deep ...

Native Americans have been playing with dice in games of chance for more than 12,000 years, according to a new paper published in the journal American Antiquity. And the oldest examples of Native ...