A past predator of the seas may have had a secret weapon: noise-cancelling flippers that helped it sneak up on prey. The team then performed computer analyses to simulate how the flipper might have ...

A rare bite into the past. The fossilized tooth of a newly discovered ancient shark species – dating back about 340 million years – has been unearthed in the world’s largest cave system, officials ...

A multi-year construction project at San Pedro High School in California uncovered millions of prehistoric marine fossils, dating back nine million years. The discoveries include remnants of various s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the scorching desert of Peru's Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the nearly ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile from Germany's world-renowned Posidonia Shale fossil beds, expanding our understanding of prehistoric ocean ecosystems that ...

Earth was a terrifying place during the Cretaceous period, some 66 million to 145 million years ago. During its tail end, Tyrannosaurus rex prowled the land. And a little before that, another kind ...

“It’s the entire ecosystem from an age that’s gone.” ...

Researchers at SMU and the Perot Museum have identified a new species of mosasaur, a 'T. rex of the sea' that lived alongside dinosaurs millions of years ago.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A new, ancient exhibit is coming to the South Carolina Aquarium that immerses guests in the Late ...