Most animal species last a few million years before going extinct but there are always exceptions called living fossils. Some of these animals have been around for hundreds of millions of years! Let’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Life on Earth began over four billion years ago, not long ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

There’s unique, and then there’s the pangolin. These incredible creatures resemble something from prehistoric times with their protective suit of armor. However, it isn’t just how they look that sets ...

In the prehistoric times of Neanderthals and early modern humans, one of Europe's largest-ever bear species roamed the land and inhabited its caves. But the cave bear, weighing up to one ton, died out ...

Pliosaurs lived alongside the dinosaurs from the early Jurassic to the late Cretaceous. While their more famous dinosaurian counterparts were tromping across the land, pliosaurs were busy dominating ...

Meet Shasta County's ancient predators, some that dwarfed Tyrannosaurus rex Ancient ancestors to squid swam in the salty water that once covered Redding Prehistoric 10-foot 'sea lizard' once lived in ...

Paleontologist Thais Pansani stands in front the reconstructed skeleton of a giant ground sloth at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on July 11. The Associated ...