Some animals have barely changed over millions of years, surviving mass extinctions and climate shifts without evolving much!

Paleontologists suspect that the earliest dinosaurs may have lived in regions that are simply too remote to have been ...

Prionailurus bengalensis is a small wild cat of South and East Asia. By CHANG,Yun-Hsin - http://blog.illustraciencia.cat/2015/04/prionailurus-bengalensis-chang-yun ...

A new study has shed light on the diet of prehumans, the Australopithecus, remains of which were found in a cave in South Africa. It turns out that meat was very rarely, if ever, on the menu.

Polar bears are one of the most majestic, yet fearsome animals on the planet. The largest living species of bear and the largest land carnivore, the polar bear is closely related to the brown bear. So ...

This ongoing research promises to enhance our understanding of feline evolution and the ecological dynamics of past environments ... The discovery of Prionailurus kurteni is a remarkable addition to ...

Experimental evolution is the use of laboratory or controlled field manipulations to investigate evolutionary processes. It usually makes use of organisms with rapid generation times and small ...

It is here that a fragment of a prehistoric cat's lower jaw was discovered. This fossil ... offering scientists a unique opportunity to study the evolution of felines. This discovery underscores the ...

Fossilized remains of leopard cat ancestors are rare, because these animals tend to live in unsheltered forest environments where their bones degrade more quickly, meaning few prehistoric ...

Yet, beneath this serene English landscape lies a treasure trove of prehistoric secrets. Now, that treasure trove includes two extraordinary fossils whimsically named Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum.

lifestyle and brain integrity -- measured by cortical thickness -- as well as cognitive evolution and brain atrophy over time. "The aim was to elucidate how various combinations of psychological ...