The La Brea tar pits captured dire wolves, sabertooth cats, and other megafaunal for millennia. Their fossils may show an extinction event 13,000 years ago. Some researchers blame human-set fires for ...

Fungal spores found in the dung of Pleistocene megafauna reveal that large animals in the Colombian Andes went extinct in two “waves” Shiny Mottlegill (Panaeolus semiovatus), a species of coprophilous ...

Fungal spores found in dung have revealed that large animals went extinct in two 'waves' in the Colombian Andes. Fungal spores found in dung have revealed that large animals went extinct in two "waves ...

One of the most intriguing and intricate mysteries in paleontology is the disappearance of North America's giant mammals, or megafauna, which included saber-toothed cats, mastodons, and mammoths, some ...

The earliest people who lived in North America shared the landscape with huge animals. On any day these hunter-gatherers might encounter a giant, snarling saber-toothed cat ready to pounce, or a group ...

Sudden deaths : the chronology of terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinction / Stuart Fiedel -- Estimates of Clovis-era megafaunal populations and their extinction risks / Gary Haynes -- Paleobiology ...

Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions from Southern California were driven by large-scale fires in an ecosystem made increasingly vulnerable by climate change and human impacts, according to a new study.

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Scientists have unravelled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before palaeolithic humans ...

A study of a 12,800-year-old skull of a toddler offers a glimpse at how early Americans found food, and how their hunts may have led to a mass extinction. By Carl Zimmer For millions of years, North ...

"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 ...