Lions may be known as the kings of the jungle, but it was saber-tooth cats that ruled over the Americas. New fossil evidence is shinning a light on the violent lives of these mysterious species.

Der Ausbruch des Vesuvs im Jahr 79 v. Chr. ist vor allem wegen der Zerstörung der Stadt Pompeji weltberühmt. Doch auch eine nahegelegene römische Siedlung namens Herculaneum fiel dem Vulkan zum Opfer. Aufgrund ihrer Lage wurde sie aber weniger stark zerstört. Heute erlauben neue Untersuchungsmethoden der berühmten Schriftrollen einen Blick in die Vergangenheit.

Exploring what might happen if a killer asteroid struck Earth again.

One of the oldest known hominins in southern Africa. An almost complete skeleton dates back more than three million years. Found in 1994 in the Sterkfontein Caves near Johannesburg in South Africa, which form part of the “Cradle of Humankind”.

A 180 lb. deer-sized ancestor to the T-Rex can be linked to the 19,000-pound Scotty, the largest T-Rex ever discovered.

After Tasmanian tigers were almost wiped off the face of the earth by humans nearly a century ago, geneticists are now working on resurrecting them.