The most complete bear ever recovered from Siberia’s frozen ground looks less like a fossil and more like a sleeping animal ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Researchers are looking for answers behind the mystery of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest known primate that ever lived.

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Archaeological excavations across Türkiye in 2025 yielded some of the most remarkable discoveries of recent years, spanning humanity’s earliest symbolic expressions to major finds from the Classical, ...

Long before modern bears were around, Earth was home to massive bear species. Like today’s bears, these animals roamed forests and tundra. However, these ancient animals towered over today’s largest ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

From sloths that towered over people like living bulldozers and penguins heavier than an ostrich, to snakes longer than a bus, prehistoric landscapes were shaped by creatures so massive they almost ...

The brand new installment of the award-winning natural history series Planet Earth comes Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, which is set to debut exclusively on Apple TV+ Wednesday, Nov. 26. The new ...

Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made ...

The third season of this Apple TV+ natural history docuseries invites viewers to experience life during one of Earth’s most dramatic climatic shifts. Reading time 2 minutes Apple TV+’s Prehistoric ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...