A new prehistoric animal species from Tanzania dating to around 240 million years ago, during the Triassic period, has been ...

Prehistoric animals are often pictured as distant fossils, yet a surprising number of species still walk, swim, and crawl across Earth with body plans that echo deep time. Strictly speaking, ...

“Its distinctive skull suggests it used fast and powerful bites to catch small and agile prey...,” said Love Dalén, professor ...

A prehistoric predator changed its diet and body size during a major warming event 56 million years ago, revealing how climate change can reshape animal behavior, food chains, and survival strategies.

Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals have ...

Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals is a work honoring species facing extinction and a few that have already crossed the ...

The "Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals," a live music and dance show raising awareness for endangered species, comes to ...

With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx trumani—often nicknamed the "American cheetah"—was long thought to be a North American analog of the African big cat. But in a new study ...

Koalas with the bodies of lions. Elephants the size of your dog. Gigantic, 8-foot-tall sloths. These aren’t creatures found in science fiction: They walked our planet a million years ago, during the ...

Hawaii Theater brings endangered animals to life through puppetry, dance and live music in Honolulu on Sept. 18 and 19.