Giant camels used to roam what’s now Los Angeles. If you visit the city’s La Brea asphalt seeps, you can see their bones, ...

The United States was once home to some of the most incredible creatures ever to walk the Earth. From the bizarre beasts of ...

As well as having long-lasting consequences for Native Americans to this day, the bison population of North America was ...

Fossilized footprints and tracks dating back 50 million years ago discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument could provide new insight into how prehistoric animals lived in Oregon. The ...

It is the oldest North America member of the group and provides incredible ... Micro-CT scans are non-destructive (critical when studying prehistoric fossils), high-resolution X-ray images that create ...

KIMBERLY, Ore. (KTVZ) — A groundbreaking paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has uncovered fossilized footprints dating back as far as 50 million years, offering ...

A tiny fish fossil found far inland in Canada reveals new insight into the evolution of catfish, carp, and 2/3 of all ...

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With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped out.

An artist's impression of the Late Cretaceous crocodilian Deinosuchus riograndensis and a much smaller, early alligator relative. Márton Szabó More than 75 million ...