The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

When we think of the age of dinosaurs, we often picture huge reptiles like Tyrannosaurus rex or long-necked dinosaurs ...

Between backward-facing-feet, nipple-less milk secretion and egg-laying, platypuses and echidnas are some of the strangest ...

The book also introduces readers to prehistoric mustelids, a family of carnivores that includes weasels, badgers and wolverines. These ancient mammals were far larger than their modern relatives.

See some of the most complete fossils of these prehistoric sea animals, including ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, and learn about the work of pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning. Plus, look out for ...

sea mammals, shorebirds, and plant life found all in one place. This extensive fossil record is being studied to understand the ecology of the prehistoric ocean that once covered the region.

and giant marine reptiles were conspicuously absent from the face of the Earth. Rodent-size (and perhaps larger) mammals emerged, suddenly free to fill the void. Over the next 42 million years ...

Many mammals began to adapt to terrestrial life millions of years before the asteroid impact that caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, so there may have been a period in history when both ...