For a long, long time, humans have been fascinated with the idea that terrifying creatures may be surviving out somewhere in the periphery, long after they disappeared elsewhere. In the Middle Ages, ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s greatest extinction. Tens of thousands of fossils reveal fully aquatic ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

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A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in a set of fossils found in England, according to researchers. Named Xiphodracon goldencapsis, the new species is an ...

Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by fossils of long-extinct reptiles. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Climate change is driving many of Australia’s native reptiles toward extinction, and the answers to their future survival may lie in the fossil record. New research published today in Current Biology ...

When the big asteroid hit Mexico 66 million years ago, it set off wildfires, tsunamis and massive clouds of dust that darkened the skies, killed much of Earth’s plant life and triggered a chain of ...