The marsupial lion, which vanished around 40,000 years ago, was a muscular ambush predator about the size of a modern lion.

Archaeologists in central Greece uncovered an elite Archaic-era burial known as the “Lady with the Inverted Crown,” revealing ...

Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is revealing their evolutionary relationships, leading to some surprises.

Some things happen slowly, and then all at once. We had been following this leopard over four long, painstaking nights, and ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn said Monday that he had surprised even himself by becoming the first from his ...

A new study suggests that many modern health challenges may stem from a deep evolutionary mismatch between our ancient biology and today’s industrialized environments.

Lions use more than one type of roar. New research reveals four sound stages and a hidden roar that helps experts track and ...

From ritual parades to blood-soaked duels, explore a single day in the life (and death) of the most brutal entertainment in ...

This mammoth‑ivory statuette, carved by Upper Palaeolithic artists of the Aurignacian culture, challenges our ideas of ...

Koalas may look like peaceful, eucalyptus-chewing tree-dwellers, while the marsupial lion was one of the fiercest Ice Age predators ever to roam Australia. But scientists have now discovered that ...

New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.