Cyprus was home to only these two species of megafauna during the Late Pleistocene. The dwarf elephant was roughly 1,000 pounds, compared to its much larger modern counterparts that can reach up to 12 ...
Scientists have unravelled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before palaeolithic humans ...
Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University Corey J. A. Bradshaw receives ...
Image Credit: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty (A female dwarf hippopotamus named "Moo Deng", which means Pork bouncy lies on the ground at Khao Kheow Open Zoo.) A baby pygmy hippo in Thailand has ...
Extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa. The findings suggest grasslands that now cover much of the ...
Archaeologists have made a "significant discovery" of ancient pygmy hippo fossils on an island in Greece. The preserved remains, which date back to 350,000 B.C., were discovered on Crete, by ...
.AYIA NAPA, Cyprus (AP) – An abattoir used by early Cypriots, a place where animals went to die, or a shelter that ultimately proved a death trap? Cypriot and Greek scientists are studying a collapsed ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Thousands of years before a tiny pygmy hippopotamus from a zoo in ...
Extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa, researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered. The ...