The Harbin skull confirms Denisovan ancestry and expands their known range using protein and DNA analysis from dental calculus. What did Denisovans look like, despite their known genetic contributions ...

Megalodons have been portrayed as gigantic great whites, but new research suggests they were more svelte and less agile ...

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

Scientists just discovered that this 370-million-year-old "nightmare shark" could rotate its jaws outward to feed. "Through ...

A sperm whale tooth discovered at a key archaeological site in southwest Spain has provided new insights into the lives of ...

Shark teeth, bones and shells reveal that Templeton was once a seaside paradise with palm trees, warm water and colorful fish ...

Total solar eclipses are not just incredible celestial events. They are also important scientific moments that allow scientists to study the solar corona, the incredibly hot atmosphere of the Sun, ...

Imagine an epic prehistoric saga, unfolding in what is now northwestern Venezuela, featuring a sea cow as our unfortunate protagonist and a crocodile and a shark as the antagonists. This tale is not a ...

The discovery of the sea cow’s skeleton, which includes a partial skull and 18 vertebrae, was made in the Agua Clara Formation, a geological site south of the city of Coro in Venezuela.

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine ...