Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

Something ancient still walks the world’s shorelines—creatures with armored shells and spiky tails that seem plucked from the ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

Fossil hunting is quite the fun hobby, and if you want to indulge that interest, there are some specific places that you ...

The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The state of Baja California’s civil protection agency is asking the public to stay away from stranded sea lions and ... number of beached animals due “domoic ...

A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past ... Go back further and the fossil elephants are even stranger. Elephants are incredibly ancient parts of our world.

The discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is providing scientists important clues about these creatures' lives.

The exhibit, developed and produced by London’s Natural History Museum, features huge displays of fossils of ancient undersea life. There are full-size marine reptiles, like the long-necked plesiosaur ...

we thought these creatures were lost to time. Now, thanks to modern imaging, we can finally study them.” The Nilpena fossil site has provided scientists with a rare glimpse into life over half a ...