Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made ...

Researchers in Taiwan traced a donated fossil bone to an unrecognized Ice Age bird. It wasn't just any bird, but rather an ...

The de-extinct dire wolves created by a biotechnology company are now old enough to breed, according to the firm behind the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The remains of a frozen female cave lion cub named Sparta, about 32,000 years old and recovered in northeastern Siberia, are ...

Long before highways and high-rises, Earth was home to some seriously massive, strange, and downright wild animals. These creatures ruled the Ice Age and thrived in frozen landscapes.

Scientists have been able to isolate genetic material from the remains of animals that lived in South Africa during the last ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory from Western Europe across Siberia and into North America and hunting large prey - and perhaps even people - ...