A new study finds that the extinction of large mammals between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago continues to affect predator-prey dynamics, especially in the Americas. Researchers analyzed data from 389 ...

A new study in PNAS finds that the extinction of large mammals between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago permanently altered food webs, with the Americas suffering the most severe impacts. Researchers ...

According to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ), disappearing ...

An illustration of what Owen’s giant echidna may have looked like. The now extinct megafauna was up to three feet-long. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some extinct mammals from Australia's Mammoth Cave included (from left) a giant long-nosed echidna, a short-faced kangaroo, a ...

New research led by UNSW Sydney palaeontologists challenges the idea that indigenous Australians hunted Australia’s megafauna to extinction, suggesting instead they were fossil collectors. Renowned ...

Palaeontologists have used an Ice Age fossil found 120 years ago in an underground cave to reveal extinct giant echidnas roamed south-eastern ...

"The art of tracking may well be the origin of science." This is the departure point for a 2013 book by Louis Liebenberg, co-founder of an organization devoted to environmental monitoring. The demise ...

Palaeontologists have used an Ice Age fossil found 120 years ago in an underground cave to reveal extinct giant echidnas ...

It's implausible that any megafauna survived the sudden onset of the Ice Age, even in the Southern Hemisphere. If any did, it's a small part of the story. The 'scientists' get their bogus carbon ...