Before today’s wildlife, the world was home to towering animal giants that would leave us in awe. From enormous marsupials to prehistoric predators, these forgotten creatures were bigger, stronger, ...
For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...
You might think that after 200 million years, we would have learned all we're ever going to know about plesiosaurs. Such is ...
For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...
A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...
Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...
We’re all familiar with Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza, but did you know that Skara Brae is older than both?
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...
While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...
With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...
The fossil discovered at Sea-Tac Airport is at the Burke Museum, and named for the man who first came across it. Nearly 60% ...