Geologists have uncovered the fossil of a mosasaur, an ancient aquatic predator, in Mississippi. Often referred to as a “sea ...

In a groundbreaking discovery in western India, scientists have uncovered fossil vertebrae from the largest snake ever to ...

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study reveals that part of the answer lies in the body itself. The research shows that an animal's size and ...

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study from the University of ...

Mosasaurs were some of the most fearsome apex predators to ever stalk the Cretaceous era’s oceans. And according to ...

A long time ago, strange predators roamed the Caribbean — not just birds and snakes, but land-dwelling crocodiles that ...

Long thought extinct, sebecid fossils found in the Dominican Republic are rewriting what we know about ancient predators in ...

Volcanic eruption from 12 million years ago preserves a snapshot of extinct animal life. Rhinos that once roamed much of ...

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...

These sebecids were the last survivors of a group of ancient crocodile relatives called Notosuchia. Unlike today’s crocodiles, most notosuchians lived entirely on land and hunted like ...