Before humans ever appeared and not long after the dinosaurs went extinct, a new giant rose to the top of the food chain. It didn’t fly or roar– it slithered, and it did so with incredible ...

Fossils reveal that sebecids, long-extinct land predators, survived far longer in the Caribbean than previously thought, ...

An unexpected discovery in Antarctica is challenging long-standing scientific assumptions. A massive egg fossil, recently ...

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

A new road will bring trade, and tourists, to the remote village of Ghami – a place that currently has the feel of a lost ...

May 9, 2025 — Scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered ... and reveals a critical piece of the ancient history of Asia's rainforests, ... Apr. 30, 2025 — A good wildlife ...

The Crato Formation in Brazil, where Tetrapodophis was discovered, represents an ancient lacustrine (lake ... pressures that may have shaped the development of early snakes. Snake fossil. Image by ...

These ancient crocodile relatives diversified into numerous species ... Snakes evolved from lizard ancestors during the early Cretaceous period, with early snake fossils dating to around 130 million ...

The fossil, Shishania aculeata, was originally thought to be an early mollusc, a group that includes snails and clams.

A previously unknown shark once swam around the shores of the U.K. more than 70 million years ago. The new species, named ...

A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest mollusks, has now been conclusively reclassified by ...

The Arctic landscape during the Cretaceous Period may have been dominated by the dinosaurs, but the rivers and streams held something more familiar. Alaska's fresh waters 73 million years ago were ...