DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Who were the true champions of the Pleistocene arena? This episode breaks down the top Ice Age predators and survivors, ...

A tiny bone from Starosele Cave, Crimea, has yielded ancient DNA showing it belonged to a Neanderthal dubbed “Star 1”.

Nature has become a rounding error on a planet dominated by humanity, and for some things we don’t even need our machines to do it.

Australia’s First Peoples may or may not have hunted the continent’s megafauna to extinction, but they definitely collected ...

Archaeologists uncover how early humans in Italy butchered elephants and forged survival from their bones 400,000 years ago.

Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was still home to enigmatic megafauna—large land animals such as giant marsupial ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths - commonly featured on children's ...

Ancient teeth reveal that flexible feeders survived past climate shocks, while habitat specialists rapidly declined.

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes can be their biggest advantages. Found across every continent except ...