Ancient Greek myths of dragons, krakens, and other legendary creatures were inspired by real animals and fossils alike.

A new study of ancient fossils found that millions of years ago these creatures grew to more than a whopping 5 metres in ...

The collection of markings is now thought to have been left by a herd of ancient sea turtles that had been frightened off by ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence of a colossal shark that lived off northern Australia about 115 million years ago, ...

Unlike other giant species, which reached their peak size during the Miocene before dying out and getting replaced by smaller ...

When physician Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio unearthed a fossil in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state in 2014, he could ...

Archeologists found a whole venomous snake in 1,500-year-old human poop from Texas, hinting at ancient rituals. Discover ...

The Lamniformes includes some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the great white and mako sharks as well as less ...

Anacondas have remained apex predators for over 12 million years and aren’t considered endangered, but that doesn’t mean they ...

A newly identified fossil snake reveals clues about early advanced snake evolution. Its mixed traits highlight an ancient branch of the caenophidian family tree. More than forty years after it was ...

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Aloft over the landscape of Bavaria some 147 million years ago was a pterosaur – an ancient flying reptile – with a wing span of about 7 feet, a bony crest on the front of its snout ...