A SUDDEN population increase in Europe some 20,000 years ago forced our ancient human ancestors to battle it out over ...

The South Charleston Mound was significantly altered in the late 1800s when a race track for horses was built around its base ... doubtless parts of a skeleton said to have been dug up before or at ...

Fossil collectors in Florida have discovered an ancient sinkhole, now at the bottom of a river, which holds the remains of ...

The Cheltenham Festival is the pinnacle of jump racing, bringing together the very best horses from Britain, Ireland and France for four days of unparalleled action and drama. The Cheltenham Gold ...

Buckskin occurs as a result of the cream dilution gene acting on a bay horse, while duns come from the dun dilution gene. The easiest way to tell them apart is to look for a dorsal stripe.

Researchers in Poland have found more evidence of violent cannibalism in the wake of the coldest period of the last Ice Age.

The changes were made Thursday in the wake of an executive order Trump signed calling for the federal government to define sex as only male or female.

The discovery offers new insights into the cultural and mortuary practices of prehistoric Poland. It also forms part of a larger story about violence during a period of mass migration across Europe.

After further analyses, including micro-CT scans and comparisons with other pterosaur fossils, they suggest the hole was probably a bite mark from a prehistoric crocodile ancestor, though it might ...

Paleontologists in India just identified a gargantuan prehistoric snake that roamed the Earth 47 million years ago. The ...

Millions of years ago, giant rhinoceroses roamed the grasslands that stretched from Ukraine to Siberia. One species, ...

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