Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is set millions of years after the dinosaurs became extinct and tells the stories of the animals that tried to survive during that time. Nina went to meet the team behind ...

While environmental factors contributed to their demise, increased contact with humans certainly did not help. In 1768, just 27 after their first discovery, Steller's sea cow were declared extinct.

Recent breakthroughs in the study of ancient DNA are providing unprecedented insights into the ecosystems and human history ...

The nature documentary series uses new research and photorealistic CGI to bring the huge, bizarre animals of the Ice Age back ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.

Fifty thousand years ago, North America's landscapes were alive with an astonishing array of enormous creatures. Massive woolly mammoths roamed vast icy plains, while dense forests echoed with the ...

It may be hard to imagine a time when giant mastodons and other long-extinct animals were roaming the prairies of South ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

(Phys.org)—Small mammal populations across Europe were wiped out multiple times during the last Ice Age, due to an inability to deal with rapid climate change, according the research published today ...