The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...

A jawbone fossil found in a Moroccan mine was initially thought to belong to a new species of marine reptile from the Cretaceous period. However, other researchers now suspect the fossil might be fake ...

Tennessee decided to award a tiny marine creature, which lived in warm, ancient seas millions of years ago, the title of ...

As geological changes took place, this region became a part of the ‘Tethys Sea’, allowing marine life to enter. While these species eventually became extinct, their preserved fossils continue ...

Paleontologists Discover a Rare 165-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Marine Reptile, Provide an Insight Into Its Evolution A great ...

Peruvian paleontologists have revealed a 9-million-year-old fossil belonging to an ancestor of the great white shark.

“CT scanning fossils is common, and really should be standard for mosasaurs coming from Morocco,” says Sharpe. Rather than a new species, Sharpe’s team suspects the fossil represents a ...

Researchers in Canada have raised doubts about the authenticity of the fossil used to identify and describe a new species of extinct marine reptile, Xenodens calminechari, in 2021. Their analysis ...

President Trump signed a "national energy emergency" that gives his administration new powers to boost fossil fuel ...

An amateur fossil hunter in Denmark uncovers a 66-million-year-old pile of fish vomit, offering new insights into the Cretaceous period's marine food chain.

Trump's Monday order declaring a national energy emergency took direct aim at the authority provided by the Endangered ...