An Ice Age bird that weighed twice as much as an ostrich was adapted for the water, say a team of researchers who recently studied fossils from creature, which went extinct about 45,000 years ago.

Scientists studying the remarkably well-preserved remains of an Ice Age bird have identified the specimen as a horned lark. Buried and frozen in permafrost near the village of Belaya Gora in ...

Hippos from Central Europe were assumed to have gone extinct around 115,000 years ago when the temperate conditions of the ...

Hippos, today restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, survived in central Europe far longer than previously assumed. Analyses of ...

From the beaches to the prairies. From the towns and the cities. From the hills of Tallahassee, the people shout with glee, “The Florida Scrub-Jay is the new state bird!”. If only this were true. The ...

The Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium will soon debut a new Ice Age exhibit. The temporary exhibit, "Ice Age: Frozen in Time," runs from Monday, April 14, through Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. The experience will ...

From the beaches to the prairies. From the towns and the cities. From the hills of Tallahassee, the people shout with glee, “The Florida scrub jay is the new state bird!” If only this were true. The ...