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Ice Age Megafauna Loss Is Still Reshaping Food Webs, Most Strongly in the Americas

Researchers analyzed predator–prey data from 389 sites to reveal lasting gaps that could raise present-day risks.

California Visitors Charged After Mammoth Tusk Shattered at Missouri Museum

125-Million-Year-Old Bird 'Gorgonavis' Unveiled in Cuenca Museum Display

Chicago Archaeopteryx Reveals Oldest Oral Papillae, Illuminating Early Bird Feeding

3,300-Year Kaziranga Record Shows Why Rhinos Endured in Northeast India

Scientists Name Salwasiren qatarensis From Qatar’s Densest Sea Cow Fossil Bed

Rare Megamouth Shark Strands on Peru Beach as Locals Cut It Up Before Experts Arrive

Apple TV Debuts Trailer for 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,' Premiering Nov. 26

Study Recasts Ardi’s 4.4-Million-Year-Old Ankle, Blending Ape-Like Climbing With Early Bipedal Traits

Field Station: Dinosaurs Lists Dozens of Animatronics on Facebook Marketplace Ahead of Nov. 9 Closure

Museum Fossil From Wales Named New Triassic Theropod, Newtonsaurus Cambrensis

X-Rays Reveal Dozens of UK Triassic Fossils Were Coelacanths, Not Reptiles

Nullarbor ‘Little Bettong’ Described as New Species as Woylie Complex Is Split in Taxonomic Overhaul

New Dating Sets Petralona Skull’s Minimum Age at 286,000 Years, Undercutting Older Claims

Kākāpō Have Lost More Than 80% of Their Original Parasite Species

Amber Fossils Extend Ophiocordyceps Lineage Back to 133 Million Years

Harbin Skull Identified as First Near-Complete Denisovan Cranium

Utah NHL Team Officially Rebrands as Utah Mammoth

Biotech Firms Aim to Create Lab-Grown 'T. Rex Leather' Using Synthetic Collagen

Rare 'Dinosaur Tree' Bears Fruit for First Time in Worcestershire Garden