Afrotheria, the superorder that includes aardvarks, elephants, elephant shrews, hyraxes, manatees, and tenrecs, is home to some of the most charismatic and well-studied animals on Earth. Here, we ...

The first paper in this series is entitled, “A Long-jawed Mastodon Skeleton from South Dakota and Phylogeny of the Proboscidea,” Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., March ...

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Nature is never a good place to look for moral guidance. Anything goes, as long as it increases the chances of one's genes being passed down the generations. Take the male Amazonian frog Rhinella ...

A jaw-dropping prehistoric discovery recently took place in the backyard of a New York home that Michigan residents might quickly recognize. A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Elephants belong to an ancient lineage that extends back ...

Visiting a zoo is one of the best places to ponder the points of view of animals. How do they feel about being locked in a cage? Are they happy or unhappy in their current lives? And, perhaps somewhat ...