"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

South America was home to a host of unique animals during the 60-some million years the continent was isolated, during most of the Cenozic Period. Details and constructions of mammals ranging from ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By David Dobbs BEASTS BEFORE US The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution By Elsa Panciroli ...

Dinosaurs are the ultimate memento mori, writes the paleontologist Steve Brusatte in “The Rise and Reign of the Mammals,” the sequel to his bestselling “The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs” (2018).

Six million years ago, the shallow swamps of what's now southern China may have been dominated by massive, 110-lb. (50 kilograms) otters that have since gone extinct. And now, researchers have found ...

The great carnivores of the past have come a long way. Formerly sluggish, coldblooded and scaly, dinosaurs and other creatures have transformed with new scientific knowledge into speedy, graceful, ...

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Palaeontologists have dug up a new species of mammal that roamed China during the reign of the dinosaurs. The creature was large enough to feast on young dinosaurs, exploding the myth that all of the ...

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Recent discoveries have shown that brightly colored crests and eye-catching patterns adorned many dinosaurs. Meanwhile, our earliest mammalian ancestors survived these flamboyant predators by being as ...