Danger in the deep: Prehistoric predators emerge at London's Natural History Museum Fearsome enormous creatures lay beneath ...

A new exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum shines a light on Jurassic marine life and asks what their extinction ...

Long before modern oceans took shape, massive predators dominated the seas, leaving behind fossils that still raise difficult ...

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas Fossil jaws from colossal octopuses place them at the top of a prehistoric marine food chain ...

Long before mammals dominated the land and even before the most famous dinosaurs appeared, Earth was home to a wide variety of powerful predators. While dinosaurs often get most of the attention when ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When people think of lions, the image that comes to mind is ...

Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill to make the megalodon — the biggest shark that ever lived — Maryland's state shark. But the clock is ticking. The curator of paleontology at Calvert Marine ...

A colossal new sea predator named Tylosaurus rex has been identified from fossils found in Texas, revealing a brutal 43-foot-long hunter that ruled ancient oceans 80 million years ago. The discovery ...

Scientists found a sea creature with “large” pores on its throat off of Antarctica and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Derek Oyen via Unsplash The summaries below were drafted with ...

A piece of rock that rolled off a geological formation in Brazil held the key to the discovery of a new prehistoric species. Giaretta, et al (2025) Papers in Palaeontology As scientist Ariovaldo ...