The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

Did a giant bird eat the finger bones of a neanderthal child 100,000 years ago? A fossil expert walked us through what it would take to get from bone to bird. Search for: Science.

The claim: Photos show giant human bones A Facebook post features several pictures of large bones arranged in a way that resembles a human skeleton. People are observing the bones in some of the ...

How does one make the skeleton of Hercules? Take a bunch of mastodon bones and mix well. In her excellent book The First Fossil Hunters, author Adrienne Mayor explains, in fascinating detail, how ...