In a far northeastern corner of Yakutia, about 1,600 kilometers from Yakutsk, ecologist Sergei Zimov and his son Nikita have created what they call Pleistocene Park. They have turned a ...

A new look at cuts on a giant kangaroo bone reveal First Peoples as fossil collectors, not hunters who helped drive species extinct, some scientists argue.

Herds of horses, bison and reindeer could play a significant part in saving the world from an acceleration in global heating. That is the conclusion of a recent study showing how grazing herbivores ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study.

One of the iconic animals of the Pleistocene era, or “Ice Age,” is the dire wolf. Named in 1858, the dire or “terrible” wolf averaged about five feet long and 150 pounds, a bit larger than the modern ...

A Pleistocene fauna from the Foley gravel pits on a low terrace of the Wichita River near Wichita Falls, Texas is discussed and assigned to the time of the Wisconsin glaciation. The fauna includes: ...

Mammoths, dire wolves and saber-toothed cats. Oh my, what a fascinating walk through Pleistocene history is provided by a relatively new Southern Nevada state park. Ice Age Fossils State Park opened ...

YAKUTSK, October 18. /TASS/. The number of animals in the Pleistocene Park in Yakutia's north, where experts have been recreating the mammoth steppe, may be increased from 150 to 2,000, the park's ...

Climate change, biodiversity, and ecosystem health : the past as a key to the future / Anthony D. Barnosky -- The Pleistocene fossils of Porcupine Cave, Colorado : spatial distribution and taphonomic ...