And why was Africa spared? (Elephants, giraffes, and many other African megafauna made it through just fine.) "There's nothing that we know of in nature, climatically speaking, that works in that ...
Scientists have teamed up with cave divers on a perilous mission – to reach exceptional fossils and learn more about Australia’s past ...
The small island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe is home to incredible wildlife, uncrowded beaches, and four stunning ...
It’s thought to provide livelihoods and essential resources for over 300 million people, as well as sustaining much of Africa’s most iconic megafauna, including some of the continent’s ...
Others, however, continue to grow at an astonishing pace, largely under the radar. One African city, already among the richest on the continent, is on track to become one of the most populated in ...
After the extinction of the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous mass extinction (the fifth mass extinction) about 66 million years ago, a new era of “megafauna” emerged. These were large animals ...
A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences has confirmed two widely known facts regarding African elephants but provided fresh data to flesh out the big picture.