The prehistoric creature is thought to have lived around 280-270 million years ago and was likely a "top predator" in its day ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest known saber-toothed predator, a 270-million-year-old gorgonopsian therapsid fossil.

As humans, we have a life expectancy of around 100 years if we stay healthy for a long time. However, there are some species ...

Before dinosaurs walked the Earth, distant mammal relatives with long, serrated canine teeth ruled the land. They existed ...

Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise at 185 years old Gianluigi Guercia / AFP via Getty Images The world’s oldest living land animal, Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise, celebrates his ...

Although there may be some earlier evidence of ritual practices by modern humans, such as the 40,000-year-old "lion man" ...

That's the approach Guinness World Records took when recognizing Jonathan as the oldest living land animal and oldest chelonian — that is, member of the order that includes all tortoises and ...

That's the approach Guinness World Records took when recognizing Jonathan as the oldest living land animal and oldest chelonian — that is, member of the order that includes all tortoises and ...

That's the approach Guinness World Records took when recognizing Jonathan as the oldest living land animal and oldest chelonian — that is, member of the order that includes all tortoises and turtles.

A granite boulder carved more than 35,000 years ago deep in a cave in Israel may be the oldest evidence of ritual practices in the Holy Land ... butchering animals and eating, Hershkovitz said.