Modern elephants are impressive, but their extinct relatives were far stranger. This documentary explores prehistoric proboscideans like Deinotherium, Platybelodon, and massive mastodons that once ...

Scientists who have been finding fossils in SA's underwater caves are hoping they can give a window into environmental ...

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened ...

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened ...

Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient ...

The bald eagle became one of the first species protected by the Endangered Species Act when the legislation was passed in ...

The story of Earth's first animals may need rewriting after ancient fossils revealed an earlier start to complex life.

Sea turtles survived dinosaurs but may not survive us. David Godfrey has spent three decades fighting poachers, plastic, and ...

Forty years after breaking away from Antarctica, the frozen colossus known as A23a died as it lived: drifting around the bottom of the globe, fascinating ardent observers, and offering scientists ...