Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.

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Divers found a sinkhole in Florida's Steinhatchee River. It holds fossils from nearly half a million years ago. These ancient remains belong to extinct horses, giant armadillos, and ground sloths. The ...

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For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected animal populations. A new study of a catastrophic volcanic eruption during ...

The brand new installment of the award-winning natural history series Planet Earth comes Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, which is set to debut exclusively on Apple TV+ Wednesday, Nov. 26. The new ...