New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct.

the Museum is an extraordinary reservoir of animal bones that are deeply relevant to the question of how North America's megafauna went extinct. Yet many of these remains are heavily fragmented ...

Yet, North America’s megafauna had survived previous cycles ... with human predators—at unsustainable rates, driving them to extinction. This hypothesis still isn’t completely proven ...

New research found that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction.

New research has confirmed what may be the oldest known evidence of humans in North America—a set of 23,000-year-old ...

Professor Adrian Lister, Museum expert on extinct megafauna, tells the hidden history behind the ... The American mastodon was a large land mammal that roamed North America throughout the Ice Age ...

We are focusing on extinct species from Europe and northern Asia, along with some from North America, including: We are using large compilations of carefully audited radiocarbon dates for each mammal ...

What comes to mind when you think of the prehistoric world? For many, it is dinosaurs, the fierce and powerful stars of the Mesozoic era, which spanned from about 251 to 66 million years ago.

Washington, DC, March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A pivotal new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction.

A pivotal new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction. This first-of-its-kind, taxonomically diverse ...