The study suggests the genetic instructions modern animals use to build complex bodies were already being written in these ...

Earth was once ruled by giant reptiles. Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of tyrant lizards, crushed bones. Spinosaurus hunted in ...

Titans of Time dives into Earth’s ancient oceans with monster frogs, evolutionary beasts and a big message about saving ...

it wouldn’t exactly have been an intimidating sight in an ancient ocean. It likely didn’t pose much of a threat to its fellow sea creatures, and probably spent the majority of its life just ...

Perhaps even more than other kinds of living fossils, these ancient ... Sea, prized for its caviar. Found in fresh and salt waters in the Northern Hemisphere, the sturgeon is a bizarre-looking ...

Even more astounding, over half of them are entirely new to science. The fossils are what’s left of ancient sea creatures that settled on the seafloor upon death, becoming covered in mud and ...

Deinosuchus had a wide snout like an alligator’s. But unlike alligators, it thrived in salty waters. It lived between 82 and ...

A new global assessment has brought a dose of good news for conservationists: Decades of work to protect some of the ocean’s most ancient sea turtle ... direct harvest of animals and their ...

a flying reptile and many other ancient sea creatures. Image caption, While Mary Anning was alive, only men were allowed to be part of the scientific community. This meant she wasn't able to ...