Ruby Reynolds unearthed the largest-known marine reptile fossil on England’s coast, unveiling the 82-foot Ichthyotitan ...

Strolling a familiar beach and stumbling upon a relic from the age of dinosaurs sounds like pure fantasy, yet that is exactly what happened on England’s west coast. A stretch of shoreline below ...

A 21-million-year-old fossil has been safely removed from the beach at Ocean Grove, east of Geelong, in what has been described as one of the largest and most complicated excavations in Victorian ...

The octopus-inspired material could lead to better camouflage technology for the military and beyond. By Mack DeGeurin Published Feb 6, 2026 3:04 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

A set of rare marine fossils dating back 340 million years has been uncovered in England’s Peak District, offering scientists and historians an unusually clear window into prehistoric sea life. The ...

(CNN) — Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. By Franz Lidz Researchers on Wednesday ...

In many ways, the deep ocean feels like an entirely different planet from the one we live on—home to some of Earth’s most extraordinary creatures, two of the most evocative being the largest toothed ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the elusive “vampire squid from hell” for the first time, providing insights into the origin of cephalopods like octopuses. It’s the largest cephalopod genome ...

The genome of the vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis sp.) is one of the largest animal genomes, exceeding 10 billion base pairs. A ‘living fossil,’ the vampire squid inhabits the deep waters of all the ...

The Jurassic was a geological epoch that is dated from 201.3 million years ago (from the end of the Triassic period) to 145 million years ago (till the Cretaceous period begins) that has a long ...