New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

Today, plants like trees can grow very tall, while fungi remain close to the ground, with most of it hidden underneath. But millions of years ago, some fungi were were 20-feet-tall, towering over ...

Drilling through ancient glaciers in the Allan Hills region of southeastern Antarctica, researchers from the Center for ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning ...

A new study found evidence of a previously unknown network of societies living in Central Europe in the Late Bronze Age. Researchers used satellite images from Google Earth to find 100 new prehistoric ...

NBC has ordered Surviving Earth, a documentary series that will show how life survived and thrived during cataclysmic events in prehistory. The series takes viewers on a journey deep into the past to ...

Prehistoric Earth sure was rockin’. New research has found that the dinosaur-killing asteroid, which struck Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, also triggered a “mega earthquake” that ...

NBC has ordered eight episodes of “Surviving Earth,” an unscripted series about how life not only survived during the cataclysmic events of the prehistoric era, but thrived. The series aims to find ...

"If we allow fossil fuel burning to continue to grow, our grandchildren may experience CO2 levels that haven't been seen on Earth for around 50 million years, a time when crocodiles roamed the Arctic, ...

Fossils show that millions of years ago, 20-foot-high fungi grew on Earth. Today, plants like trees can grow very tall, while fungi remain close to the ground, with most of it hidden underneath. But ...