In Kenya’s arid Turkana Basin, a team of scientists has recovered something unexpected from the jaws of long-dead giants.

Millions of years ago, several species of giant birds called "mega penguins" roamed the Earth — and some of them stood taller ...

The giant fossil skull of an extinct elephant, discovered in northern India’s Kashmir Valley in 2000, sheds light on a poorly known episode in elephant evolutionary history.

Eurasia and Africa were once populated by 13-tonne, 4 metre tall elephants, but their evolution has long remained a puzzle. A giant fossil skull from Kashmir paves way to unlocking their mysteries.

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the ...

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past. Discovered in 2000 from the Karewa sediments near Pampore, the skull ...

The oldest protein fragments ever recovered have been extracted from fossilised teeth found in Kenya's Rift Valley, revealing ...

Prehistoric elephants weighing up to 13 tons also left prints in the lakebed. The species, Palaeoloxodon antiquus , was about twice the size of modern African elephants and may have been the ...

"This is the largest complete fossil tusk ever found at a prehistoric site in Israel or the Near East." Scientists say the straight-tusked elephant -- which was very large in size -- first ...

Israeli archaeologists unearthed a fossilized elephant tusk that dates back approximately 500,000 years and once belonged to a prehistoric pachyderm, a large mammal with thick skin, in southern ...

The elephant skull was buried with 87 stone tools used by prehistoric humans, and all the materials were excavated in late 2000 under the leadership of Dr Ghulam Bhat at the University of Jammu..