For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its decline ...

After these researchers unexpectedly found carbon-based drawings in the Font-de-Gaume cave, they returned to pinpoint when the figures were drawn ...

A new study confirms that ancient cave paintings in France’s Dordogne region were created nearly 16,000 years ago.

This circuitous tale, that connects a massive bison bull across 140 years of American history, begins in 1886 when getting a ...

The National Museum of Natural History commissioned Missouri artist Gary Staab for a commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Staab sculpted three bison on a heroic ...

This circuitous tale, that connects a massive bison bull across 140 years of American history begins in 1886, when getting a message across Montana was a life-threatening task.

Skip the crowds and explore these peaceful nature escapes across Illinois, featuring sandstone canyons, floating bogs, ...

Around 40,000 years ago, Paleolithic people inscribed bone with symbols that appear to be part of some sort of writing system ...

A prehistoric discovery in northwest Missouri may be one of the rarest finds in the Midwest; a local paleontologist uncovered a mammoth bone, taking us back to the ice age when giants roamed the Show ...

In a remarkable discovery, archaeologists have unearthed the nearly complete remains of a bison that roamed the Iberian Peninsula around 4,000 years ago. The skeleton, found in the Sima de Arrafela ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A prehistoric discovery in northwest Missouri may be one of the rarest finds in the Midwest; a local ...