Scientists Discover 43-Foot Sea Reptile Twice the Size of a Great White Shark
The holotype for the newly described Tylosaurus rex is a giant specimen displayed at the Perot Museum of…
Scientists Discover Terrifying Giant Crocodile That Hunted Human Ancestors
Artistic Illustration of Lucy’s Hunter Crocodile. Credit: Tyler Stone, University of Iowa. A newly named crocodile species from…
Newly discovered dinosaur, which weighed more than 9 elephants, is the largest ever found in Southeast Asia
A newly named dinosaur from Thailand is generating major excitement after researchers announced that the giant plant-eater may…
Scientists Solve 320-Million-Year Mystery of Reptile Skin Armor
While skin bone plates are well studied in crocodylians (shown here in a gharial, in purple), their presence…
Scientists Just Exposed a 300 Million-Year-Old Fossil Mistake
A reconstruction drawing of Pohlsepia mazonensis. Credit: Dr. Thomas Clements, University of Reading The “world’s oldest octopus” was…
Shockingly Powerful Giant Octopuses Ruled the Seas 100 Million Years Ago
Ancient octopuses may have been giant predators that ruled the seas. Fossilized jaws show they had crushing bites…
Scientists Unearth Remarkable 150-Million-Year-Old Stegosaur Skull
Illustration of Dacentrurus armatus. Credit: Adrián Blázquez / Fundación Dinópolis A newly discovered stegosaur skull from Spain is…
College Student Identifies Bizarre New Carnivorous Dinosaur Three Times Older Than T. rex
Artistic rendition of Ptychotherates bucculentus. Credit: Illustration by Megan Sodano for Virginia Tech. A distorted dinosaur skull, once…
60-foot Octopuses Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows
Size comparison of N. haggarti to its contemporaneous competitors – credit, Hokkaido University The kraken: a giant squid…
New Baby Dinosaur Discovered in Korea
A tiny dinosaur no bigger than a turkey has captured scientists’ attention, and hearts. Researchers from the University…
Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’
Photograph Carlos Bocos, licensed CC 4.0. Int. via inclusion in Flannery et al., 2026. Rec. Aust. Mus. 78(1):…
Weird-Looking Marsupial Found Alive After 6,000 Years of Alleged ‘Extinction’
Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly appear to have risen from the…