Towering over ten feet tall and weighing more than half a ton, Gigantopithecus was the largest ape to ever walk the earth—a gentle giant that mysteriously disappeared.

Lizards exist on every continent except Antarctica, but a select few have grown into apex-scale reptiles. This deep dive explores how temperature regulation, diet, and genetics helped them reach ...

Around 250 million years ago, one of Earth’s largest known volcanic events set off The Great Dying: the planet’s worst mass ...