A mysterious fossilized creature discovered more than a century ago has finally been decoded, offering stunning insights into ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

A groundbreaking discovery was made in the deep waters of the Palau Islands when the research vessel E/V Nautilus encountered a rare marine creature ... This ancient cephalopod, often described ...

Daniel Pauly, principal investigator of the Sea Around Us initiative at the ... understanding of the paleobiology and ecology of ancient animals and ecosystems. "In terms of morphology, these ...

"Twins! She has another baby," Judith Pardo-Pérez, a paleontologist at the University of Magallanes in Chile who first ...

DENVER — The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has a new exhibit exploring the depths of prehistoric oceans. Jurassic Oceans: ...

Fossils are usually associated with dinosaur bones or ancient sea creatures preserved in stone. But scientists now believe that modern waste – from polyester clothing to electronic devices ...

a flying reptile and many other ancient sea creatures. Image caption, While Mary Anning was alive, only men were allowed to be part of the scientific community. This meant she wasn't able to ...

Thousands of years before Odysseus crossed the ‘wine-dark sea’ in Homer’s epic poem ... The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia ...

all shaped from rock formed from the bodies of ancient sea creatures with calcium carbonate shells, skeletons, or cell walls. Bones of extinct mammals are there too—creatures that lived long ...