Alligators first appeared over 200 million years ago—long before the rise of dinosaurs—and have survived mass extinctions, ...

A previously unknown shark once swam around the shores of the UK more than 70 million years ago. The new species, named Pararhincodon torquis, is a distant relative of the collared carpet sharks which ...

The fossils found in 2023 included a single tooth and two spine bones. The tooth matches those of South American sebecids.

Fossils of Tiktaalik roseae blended fins with hints of limbs and sported a flat head suited for peering above the waterline.

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

Often called a “living fossil,” this shark has a long, flattened snout and a terrifying jaw that can snap forward like a ...

The Glasgow Science Festival is launching its biggest-ever programme of events as part of the city’s ongoing celebrations of ...

A groundbreaking discovery beneath San Pedro High School has unveiled thousands of ancient marine fossils.

It's rare that I get to find fossil shark teeth outside of the state of Florida. So, when I had the opportunity to team up ...

According to George, the Central Valley is home to a number of significant fossil finds—including California's state dinosaur ...

We met Dr Kenneth Lacovara in Season 3 of Weekend Philler when his dream of a fossil park was taking shape behind a Lowes in NJ. Now it’s the world-class museum and indoor attraction he ...

Most people see the Central Valley as all agriculture,” one paleontologist said, but it’s a rich source of prehistoric ...