Cormorants are one of the world’s most impressive bird species. They can take to the air in seconds and have a diving ...

Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their pelts.The authors show that Middle Pleistocene humans systematically fed on these smaller animals ...

Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their pelts. This is the conclusion of a team from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the Leibniz ...

Evidence from eastern Germany shows that early humans had a more varied diet than previously known Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their ...

For decades, we've believed that Ice Age humans hunted massive animals like the mammoth and saber-toothed cat by throwing spears. However, a new study could turn that notion on its head. Instead, ...

This week, scientists digging in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert have discovered a new species of pachycephalosaur that pushes back their emergence by 15 million years. We now have the first-ever full history ...

A crocodile the size of a small bus once ruled the rivers and lakes of ancient Kenya. Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, the biggest ...

Ancient humans hunted a now-extinct species of elephant 12,000 years ago in Chile, according to a new study. Photo from PLOS One Thousands of years ago, early humans were hunting massive animals in ...

The post The Arctic Penguin Humans Hunted to Extinction in 300 Years appeared first on A-Z Animals. Today, there are 18 different species of penguin. Their size varies as much as their habitats. There ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Trophy hunting of ungulates exerts targeted selection on heritable traits such as horn or antler size, body mass and secondary sexual characters. By preferentially removing individuals with the most ...