Tortoise shells aren’t just tough armor—they’re living parts of the tortoise’s skeleton, loaded with secrets of survival, evolution, and biological genius that scientists are still trying to ...

Imagine standing on a windswept English beach, the salty air stinging your face, while jagged cliffs loom overhead. Suddenly, ...

Ruby Reynolds and her father were on the beach when they discovered Ichthyotitan severnensis - the largest-ever marine ...

A deep-sea discovery turns frightening as a submarine crew finds aggressive sixgill sharks feasting on a whale carcass and ...

Among these prehistoric giants was Leedsichthys problematicus, an enormous filter-feeding fish that could reach lengths that modern ... paleontologists due to its predominantly cartilaginous skeleton, ...

What makes this discovery particularly significant is not just its size, but also its excellent state of preservation, allowing scientists to gather crucial data about this prehistoric marine ...

Scientists have unearthed a 240-million-year-old fossil of a Dinocephalosaurus, a long-necked marine reptile that closely ...

WEST ALTON, Mo. — A fish that once thrived for 150 million years was driven to the "brink of extinction." It's undergoing a slow, but sure, comeback. The Missouri Department of Conservation ...

The prehistoric crocodile relative may have tolerated both freshwater and saltwater habitats, allowing it to conquer North ...

Conner Bennett led the team that uncovered the fossilized footprints of prehistoric birds ... what we think of like big dinosaur skeletons, things like that. Body fossils tell us a lot about ...

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Found in both forested and urban areas along the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and into Papua New Guinea, this species is known for preying on fish, frogs, and other small animals.