New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Feeding wild animals might seem like a harmless act of kindness, but it often carries serious and unintended consequences.

Possible factors in the extinction of many large animals include include hunting and climate stability since the last ice age ...

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

The persistent presence of humans and their infrastructure in U.S. national parks has yielded dramatic changes in the behaviors of large animals who live there, a new study has found. Even during the ...

More than a third of large animals that feast on dead animals are struggling to survive, and a new report from scientists warns that their downfall could present a serious risk to human life, with an ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted natural mammal communities as profoundly as the Ice Age extinctions. Fossil ...

Ever wonder what animals really think when they encounter us? The image we hold of ourselves wandering peacefully through nature might be wildly different from how wildlife actually perceives our ...

Scavengers like turkey vultures remove millions of tons of waste each year by consuming carrion. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Scavengers are in trouble—and their decline could be harmful to human ...