The Hydrolagus trolli, the pointy-nosed blue chimaera, or “ghost shark,” is unlike any other on earth. Sightings are rare, ...

In 2009, the discovery of Titanoboa cerrejonensis fossils in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine revealed a massive snake that ...

Ruby Reynolds and her father were on the beach when they discovered Ichthyotitan severnensis - the largest-ever marine ...

The Jurassic fossil Juracanthocephalus reveals a key evolutionary link between rotifers and parasitic acanthocephalans, ...

Patrick and Annie Méchin dug up the abelisaurid's fossilized jaw. Patrick began fossil hunting as a teen; on one of their first dates, he and Annie went searching for dinosaur eggs. Once ...

Have you ever wondered how the delicate structures hidden deep within your ears first came to be? It’s astonishing to think ...

WELLINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Giant freshwater crayfish, up to 25cm long, once roamed New Zealand's ancient lakes around 20 million years ago, three times the size of today's native species, a new ...

A massive predator once roamed the Earth, towering over its rivals and casting a long shadow on the ancestors of T. rex. This giant, now known as Ulughbegasaurus, ruled the prehistoric world around 90 ...

Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...

Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today’s species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...

Researchers examined teeth and skulls of 99 extinct crocodylomorph species and 20 living crocodylian species to reconstruct their dietary ecology and identify characteristics that helped some groups ...

To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...