Anyone who has a dog, or has experienced losing one, knows the depth and uniqueness of ‘that special bond’, but why and when in the history of our planet, did this love affair between humans and dogs ...

The early ancestors of Gray Wolves were a group of carnivores named the creodonts that roamed the northern hemisphere between 100 and 120 million years ago. About 55 million years ago, the creodonts ...

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today’s animals — including humans — may struggle, or fail, to survive. Yet ...

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We here describe the first partial cranium of Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, the type species of the taxonomically diverse and widely distributed hypercarnivorous genus Hyaenodon (Hyaenodonta). The cranium ...

Beardogs lived on Earth between 37 and 9 million years ago, between the Upper Eocene and Upper Miocene. The jaw pieces of an Amphicyon frendens beardog. Source. The widespread belief that ...

1 Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2 ...

Despite their name, these bear-dog creatures were neither bears nor really dogs. However, this did not prevent them from having characteristics similar to canines (dogs, wolves, foxes) and ursids ...

Beccy holds a PhD in Biological Science, a Master’s in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors, and a Bachelor’s in Human Biology and Forensic Science. Beccy holds a PhD in Biological ...

A fossilised lower jawbone was recently discovered from the Pyrenees Mountain range in southern France that hints at the existence of a new species of Bear Dog. These powerful predators roamed the ...

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