For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

An international team of researchers has suggested a "wild" new theory to explain the creation of these mysterious ancient ...

How did woolly mammoths survive the last ice age? And how thick was the ice over New York City? Test your knowledge by taking our quiz.

Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) are emblematic creatures from the last ice age. | Credit: LEONELLO CALVETTI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Throughout much of Earth's history ...

At age 75, Vadevino Alano keeps up a brisk pace as he strides through the forest on the way to the Armadillo’s Den — a spectacular cave in southern Brazil. When he reaches the cave’s opening, Alano is ...

It is often referred to as "the last ice age" and is best known for hosting now-extinct megafauna, such as woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), giant ground sloths and saber-toothed cats.

According to scientists, the tunnel might have been the work of a colossal creature like a giant ground sloth or armadillo ... of tunnels hidden beneath an age-old church, with photos showing ...

Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. The scientists captured ...

Nestled in the Caucasus mountains, this discovery revolutionizes our understanding of bronze age societies. Shading (top left ... Unable to grasp the scale of the site from the ground, researchers ...

Sloths move incredibly slowly, traveling around 125 feet through the treetops in one day. When on the ground, they’re even slower and crawl about one foot per minute. If a sloth were to sprint ...