Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unusual proboscis of the Saiga antelope helps filter dust, regulate air temperature, and protect its lungs in harsh steppe ...

Deep in the mountains of northern Norway, scientists have uncovered the remains of 46 Ice Age species, preserved for over 75,000 years in a hidden cave. This rare discovery, detailed in a new study ...

A paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age animals that have never been found in Central Texas before—and he came across the bones while ...

Hippos, today restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, survived in central Europe far longer than previously assumed. Analyses of bone finds demonstrate that hippos inhabited the Upper Rhine Graben sometime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A paleontologist snorkeling through the dark underwater passages of a Texas cave made a startling discovery: the streambed was ...

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.

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 ...

Koalas with the bodies of lions. Elephants the size of your dog. Gigantic, 8-foot-tall sloths. These aren’t creatures found in science fiction: They walked our planet a million years ago, during the ...

Ice Age hunters spread rapidly across the Americas by specializing in mammoths and other giant animals, according to a new study.

Growing up, I was obsessed with the 2002 movie Ice Age. I watched it day in and day out, captivated by the adventures of Diego the saber-toothed tiger, Sid the sloth, and Manny the woolly mammoth. To ...