Possible factors in the extinction of many large animals include include hunting and climate stability since the last ice age ...

An Albuquerque museum curator was part of a team that identified a new species related to the muskox — one that roamed thousands of years ago and found its final resting place in what's now known as ...

Most animals retreated to small, warmer enclaves. But some, like humans, seemed to have stayed where they were. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

WHITEHORSE, Yukon (AP) — Miners in northwestern Canada have discovered ice age camel bones whose DNA is forcing scientists to redraw the family tree of the now-extinct species. Grant Zazula, a ...

Scientists have uncovered the remains of a vast animal community that lived in the European Arctic 75,000 years ago. The bones of 46 types of animals – including mammals, fish and birds – were ...

When reindeer herders in Siberia spotted a small snout protruding from thawing ground, they were not expecting to uncover a 14,000‑year‑old puppy so intact that its whiskers, eyelashes, and even the ...

When Gould Construction worker Jesse Steele of Palisade uncovered some mammoth bones Oct. 14, it turned out to be just the start of a frenzy of discovery that has produced hundreds of bones of ...

Researchers predict that future climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer abundances and their distribution at rates rarely seen over the last 21,000 years. Reindeer, also known as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. The Ice Age tends to get flattened into a postcard: endless white, ...

Narrator Tom Hiddleston teases "remarkable creatures and epic clashes for survival" in a sneak peek at 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age' Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...