For decades, we've believed that Ice Age humans hunted massive animals like the mammoth and saber-toothed cat by throwing spears. However, a new study could turn that notion on its head. Instead, ...
A crocodile the size of a small bus once ruled the rivers and lakes of ancient Kenya. Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, the biggest ...
Today, there are 18 different species of penguin. Their size varies as much as their habitats. There was once a penguin that stood above the rest. Its massive size allowed it to survive in harsh ...
A new study indicates that human behavior around 45,000 to 29,000 years ago contributed to a change in the composition of scavenging animal species living nearby. While smaller scavenging animals such ...
Hunts may not be an effective way to control coyote populations after all. A study by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) concludes that human hunting practices may actually contribute to increasing ...
Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their pelts. This is the conclusion of a team from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the Leibniz ...