Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Learn about Prototaxites, a bizarre group of prehistoric organisms that fall within an unknown lineage of extinct life.

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient ...

Paleontologists spent decades trying to explain "Devil's corkscrews," the bizarre spiral-shaped fossils found in Wyoming and ...

When an animal moves from the endangered species list to being officially extinct, it's undeniably a sad day. The creature has gone the way of the dinosaur and the dodo, but on occasion, scientists ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

A detailed study of bones and tendons overturns assumptions about the mobility of Australia’s extinct mega kangaroos.

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