Narrated by Tom Hiddleston and executive produced by Hollywood film-maker Jon Favreau alongside creative director of the BBC’s Natural History Unit and long-term David Attenborough collaborator Mike ...

The marsupial lion, which vanished around 40,000 years ago, was a muscular ambush predator about the size of a modern lion.

Domestic cats pounced into Europe roughly 2000 years ago in early imperial Roman times, researchers have found.

Dinos and soldiers collide in Luke Sparke's exploitation actioner Primitive War — in UK cinemas from 28 November. Read the ...

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Researchers have described the creature as "absolutely humongous" and likely the dominant predator of its day. Find out more.

From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this ...

Small clues can change big stories. This exquisitely preserved Miocene spider from Australia sharpens our view of ancient ...

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In a world where “Instagram-worthy” has become the highest form of praise, the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas delivers scenes so picturesque they make professional photographers question their ...

His fossils, collected over a decade at a Jurassic site in New South Wales, have revealed a new species of non-biting midge.