This week, uncover the fossils of the future, see which ancient creature had gigantic claws, investigate large molecules on Mars, and more.

In other paleontological news, the claws of a newly discovered two-fingered species had researchers questioning whether they came from a giant sloth ... bison with the aurochs, or the larger ...

Wolves would have been numerous, along with beavers and lynx. The last aurochs — giant cattle — roamed the grasslands on the edge of the woods for part of the Bronze Age. They were extinct ...

New research compiles the most complete record of vanished species across the Arabian Peninsula, based on rock art, archaeology, and historical accounts.

This giant ground sloth lived in South America until about 10,000 ... Hunted extensively for its meat and targeted as a symbol of strength in medieval hunts, the aurochs gradually disappeared. Like ...

‘Who or what was the unicorn?’ is the central question, and the contenders are countless and crazy, with the rhino and the mighty aurochs (a giant ox) crashing into the lead, despite the fact that ...