The changing climate has dramatically changed the migration patterns of several large mammals in Iran, a new study found. Researchers from Shahid Beheshti University and Iran's Department of ...

A new study published in the Journal of Biogeography details a compilation of the most comprehensive record to date of large mammals that once roamed the Arabian Peninsula (AP) during the Holocene.

Over the past 100,000 years, Australia and New Guinea's large animal communities have been disrupted by extinctions and invasive species, altering entire ecosystems and threatening the conservation of ...

Prehistoric humans hunt a woolly mammoth. More and more research shows that this species – and at least 46 other species of megaherbivores – were driven to extinction by humans. The debate has raged ...

Cut marks on fossils could be evidence of humans exploiting large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according to a new study. Cut marks on fossils could be evidence of humans exploiting ...

Diana Setterberg MSU News Service Oct 30, 2025 Oct 30, 2025 A study of nine species of large mammals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has revealed that their behavioral responses to summer heat ...

Every year, massive herds of large mammals take on arduous long-distance migrations to find food, favorable weather and a suitable place to raise their young. An international team of scientists has ...

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Long before humans walked the planet, a massive creature ruled the forests and open plains of ancient Eurasia. Paraceratherium, a hornless giant and a distant relative of today’s rhinoceroses, lived ...

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Cut marks on fossils could be evidence of humans exploiting large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according to a study published July 17, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by ...