From horseshoe crabs to crocodiles, some of these creatures have looked about the same for hundreds of millions of years.
The dusty plains of Western Australia’s Kimberley region are a long way from the ...
This ancient, armored sea monster snatched its marine prey with a formidable bite more than 300 million years ago. Belonging to the fierce Dunkleosteus genus, it was among the planet’s first apex ...
Researchers have rediscovered 250 million-year-old fossils, revealing that ancient, crocodile-like "sea-salamanders" ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s ...
Scientists recently discovered an ancient whale species distinguished by its “very pointy” teeth and large eyes. It roamed the ocean some 26 million years ago. Image from Museums Victoria’s Research ...
In A Nutshell A key prehistoric fossil loaned out from an Australian museum in 1984 was missing for 40 years before being rediscovered mislabeled in a California university collection. What scientists ...
Megalodon usually gets all the attention when it comes to sea monsters, but ancient oceans were full of predators just as strange and scary. Fossils tell us that long before modern sharks ruled the ...
The English town of Lyme Regis is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. It was here in the 1830s that William Buckland, better known for the discovery of the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus, ...