The identity of a mysterious artifact found in Devon almost 160 years ago has finally been revealed. New research has ...

Scientists discover that an ancient asteroid struck the North Sea millions of years ago, generating a massive tsunami wave ...

A cave preserved two animals’ rib cages, cartilage and even traces of protein, revealing a flexible breathing apparatus like ...

When we think of the Mesozoic Era, we usually imagine massive reptiles and prehistoric jungles, but some of the most ...

Imagine a crocodile that would rather sprint than swim. It dashes over dry ground on long, slender legs like a reptilian ...

Every breath you take is an ancient inheritance. The rise and fall of your chest, the intercostal muscles pulling your ribs ...

Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, ...

The scientific wonderers at What If travel back to the age of mammals to see how our planet recovered after the death of the ...

Recently, scientists discovered a reptile fossil that provides the missing link between the transformation in the modes of ...

Take a deep breath. Feel your ribs flare, and your chest expand. That simple, ...

Massive herbivores became scarce in the Middle East about 200,000 years ago, and this coincided with a shift towards smaller, ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape of what is now ...