This fossil looks like a lumpy, rounded rock with a couple of exposed teeth that are a little worse for wear, having been submerged and tumbled along the floor of the Gulf of Mexico for thousands of ...

Arctodus simus, the giant short-faced bear of Ice Age North America, was one of the largest and most intimidating carnivorous ...

Long before modern cities and borders, early humans shared the planet with enormous and often dangerous animals. Woolly mammoths, giant ground sloths, saber-toothed cats, and massive cave bears roamed ...

La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years ...

The iconic L.A. museum and active excavation site is shutting down for major upgrades. Last day to visit is July 6.

Northern Utah’s Great Salt Lake—the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere—is rapidly disappearing and by some ...

Fossils from giant tortoises, armadillos and other Ice Age-era species challenge previous assumptions about the region’s ...

America is rife with stunning outdoor activities, including discovering the remnants of an ancient past. These destinations are a joy for fossil hunters.

Marvel Comics‘ heroes have long been more relatable than those of their distinguished competition. One place where this was ...

The current image of the Granada high plateau, dominated by arid and semi-desert landscapes, is misleading if one goes back in time to approximately a million and a half years ago. At that time, the ...