Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

The polar bear has become a symbol for threatened wildlife, and its future in a warming world has created much controversy. The predator’s past is equally controversial. The evolutionary history of ...

Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...

Ancient animals such as Coelacanth and Horseshoe Crab are testament to nature’s enduring ability to evolve even with countless environmental changes over time.

although no further evidence for polar bears in prehistoric Scotland has been found. The team will now conduct further work to try to solve the mystery. Dr Andrew Kitchener, from National Museums ...

The study was published in the journal Annales Zoologici Fennici and the team will now conduct DNA studies to understand more about the prehistoric range of brown bears, and potentially polar ...

“Knowing that over our lifetimes we sat there while the polar bears became extinct is really quite an immoral legacy to leave for future generations,” said Dr Peter Ewins, WWF-Canada's director of ...

The size of Crete, Wrangel is so cut off that the very last population of woolly mammoth survived there thousands of years after going extinct in ... concentration of polar bears on the planet.

The annual celebration will feature dinosaur-themed events — such as a “Dino Dinner” — film screenings and the annual Polar ...