In the scorching desert of Peru’s Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the ...

Low jaw fossil fragment. Annales Zoologici Fennici The newly discovered extinct cat species, named Prionailurus kurteni, was smaller than a typical house cat. This makes it the smallest fossil cat ...

The extinct Otodus megalodon, or “megalodon,” remains an iconic apex predator, known for its massive size and fearsome teeth. Growing up to 65 feet in length, the megatooth shark preyed on large ...

The species was identified from a lower jaw fragment discovered at the Hualongdong cave in eastern China’s Anhui province. “This species represents the smallest known fossil member of the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) When this New York resident found a pair of unusual ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of prehistoric turtle from what was once a lush forest in Central Australia, after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in the Northern Territory's ...

A study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History presents the oldest known example in the fossil record of an evolutionary arms race. These 517-million-year-old predator-prey ...

Australian and US scientists discovered a new species of prehistoric snapping turtle after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in a Northern Territory museum. The new species ...

Before this discovery, the only Cretaceous ichthyosaur material found in New Zealand was a small fragment of a jaw and a few vertebrae ... preserved specimens. This fossil promises to change ...