Before the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex and its relatives ruled the Mesozoic world's last act, Earth's top predators were the Carcharodontosaurids. These huge carnivores, named for their distinctive shark ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

Fischer, V., Della Giustina, F., Bennion, R., and MacLaren, J.: How mid-Cretaceous events affected marine top predators, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3100, ...

Hold onto your sense of balance. Scientists have found fresh proof that Earth doesn't just drift through space — sometimes, ...

Knife-toothed reptiles called sebecids went extinct on the mainland 10 million years ago. New fossil evidence puts them on an island 4 million years ago.

Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant that represents the oldest hell ant specimen known to ...

Earth was once ruled by giant reptiles. Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of tyrant lizards, crushed bones. Spinosaurus hunted in ...

Scientists have identified a new species of ancient mammal from a small jawbone found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.

The fossil’s discovery in Brazil shows that ants have been around for longer than once thought. This insect impaled its prey ...

Researchers have discovered the fossil of the oldest-known ant, Vulcanidris cratensis, preserved in limestone in Brazil. This ...

Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...

Mosasaurs were some of the most fearsome apex predators to ever stalk the Cretaceous era’s oceans. And according to ...