Half a billion years ago, a feisty predator flapped around the primordial seas, hooking prey into its mouth while breathing through long gills on its butt. Researchers recently discovered this 506 ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed ancient magnetic fossils that suggest the existence of a long-lost creature capable of navigating using Earth’s magnetic field. This revelation ...

Fossils of the oldest saber-toothed predator are helping researchers understand the evolution of early mammal relatives called gorgonopsians and our shared origins in the therapsid group. When you ...

Maximus, a ginormous 125-year-old alligator snapping turtle that staff loved to swim with and who brought smiles to thousands of visitors, has died, N.C. Zoo officials said Friday. “A true marvel of ...

For millions of years, Earth was the planet of reptiles. Giant flying reptiles controlled the skies while massive dinosaurs were kings of the land. Other prehistoric animals, however, may not have had ...

Still, there have been some larger divergences from this prehistoric portrayal of the Kaiju King that make his age easier to ...

Mono Lake, tucked in the Eastern Sierra, is no ordinary lake. Its eerie tufa towers and teeming swarms of brine shrimp and alkali flies make it a hotspot for life that thrives where others can’t. The ...

This fall Frankenstein’s monster rises once more, summoned this time by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro. But green-skinned, bolt-necked and flat-skulled he is not. In fact, the monster — who ...

This image from video provided by John Nyakatura in January 2019 shows computer-generated and robotic simulations of an Orobates Pabsti dinosaur's footprints while walking. Nyakatura has spent years ...

This fall Frankenstein’s monster rises once more, summoned this time by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro. But green-skinned, bolt-necked and flat-skulled he is not. In fact, the monster — who ...