The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

Around 400 million years ago, Earth’s oceans were dominated by massive sea scorpions. Scorpions, as we know them today, are ...

A recent groundbreaking study has revealed an astonishing natural event: terrestrial animals that managed to journey across the Pacific Ocean, covering an immense 8,000 kilometers, to settle on a new ...

Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Published Feb. 27 | Read More | Orange deep-sea creature — with ‘dense ... Published Feb. 28 | Read More | Prehistoric ‘gentle giant’ — nearly 23 feet long — found in Argentina.

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...