A new study gives scientists a fresh look at what life was like in the Las Vegas valley more than 12,000 years ago. Before ...

Learn how radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA analysis revealed that hippos were alive and thriving during Europe’s last ice ...

Researchers excavated the cave site in 2021 and 2022. During the 1990s, Norway experienced an increase in industrial mining projects. Many of these required workers to build extensive tunnel systems ...

Hippos from Central Europe were assumed to have gone extinct around 115,000 years ago when the temperate conditions of the ...

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 discovered ...

Researchers had long assumed that central European hippos went extinct at the onset of the Weichselian glaciation.

A new study shows farming and livestock reshaped global mammal communities, collapsing natural boundaries after the last Ice ...

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

PITTSBURGH — A new temporary exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium takes visitors back in time to come face-to-face with incredible extinct animals. Ice Age: Frozen in Time runs from April 14 ...

Hippos roamed central Europe much later than previously thought, as 40,000 years ago, a new study of Ice Age fossils reveals.

A recent excavation in Texas yielded some "colossal creatures," according to local officials – and archaeologists are hopeful more will be uncovered soon. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT ...

Hippos survived in icy Europe far longer than thought, revealing surprising warmth and resilience during Ice Age.