Lamniform sharks such as great whites and tiger sharks are famous for their size. The first such giants evolved 15 million ...

Paleontologists in Utah are celebrating a rare and unusual discovery: a 50-million-year-old pile of vomit. Preserved in the ...

For the first time, scientists have analyzed metabolism-related molecules from the fossilized bones of animals that lived 1.3 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An unusual type of fossilized fish can be found within the limestone ...

A 66-million-year-old tooth discovered in North Dakota, USA, suggests that some mosasaurs — extinct lizard-like reptiles that ...

A 430-million-year-old fossil reveals that the first leeches were ocean predators, not bloodsuckers. The discovery radically ...

A tiny 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon is shaking up scientists’ assumptions about the earliest members of the lizard lineage. Instead of the expected skull hinges and palate teeth typical of ...

This video reveals the real-life creature whose size and power echo the legend of Godzilla. Viewers explore the fossil evidence showing just how massive and dominant this ancient predator once was.

A gigantic 8 m long mega-predatory shark stalks an unwary long-necked plesiosaur in the seas off Australia 115 million years ago. Around 115 million years ago, the seas off northern Australia were ...

About 360 million years ago, the shallow sea above present-day Cleveland was home to a fearsome apex predator: Dunkleosteus terrelli. This 14-foot armored fish ruled the Late Devonian seas with ...