"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

The fossilized tracks extend the geographical range of the straight-tusked elephant to southeast Spain during the Last Interglacial (115,000 years to 130,000 years ago). Read More: Elephants Ask ...

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Science nerds the world over were stunned by the revelation of a fossil that shows a “beaked dinosaur” getting chomped by a prehistoric mammal — frozen in time for, like, millions of years? About 125 ...

Recent discoveries have shown that brightly colored crests and eye-catching patterns adorned many dinosaurs. Meanwhile, our earliest mammalian ancestors survived these flamboyant predators by being as ...

A New York homeowner made a remarkable discovery in their backyard last September. The teeth from a complete mastodon jaw were peaking out of the soil. The stunning find near the hamlet of Scotchtown ...

1. The age of mammals -- 2. The origin and early evolution of mammals -- 3. Marsupials : pouched mammals -- 4. Placental mammals (Eutheria) -- 5. Xenarthra : sloths ...

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone belonging to a previously unknown mammal species with razor-like teeth. With the ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research led by the University of Bristol has revealed. The study, ...

Nestled in the northwest corner of Nebraska, Toadstool Geological Park is a geological treasure that offers a unique glimpse into the region's prehistoric past. The park is best known for its striking ...

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