Approximately 250 million years ago, during the Permian-Triassic extinction event, which is also popularly known as the period of "The Great Dying", the Earth experienced its most catastrophic ...

Scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil from Canada's Burgess Shale, a discovery that reshapes how the evolution of arthropods is understood. This new find, named Mosura fentoni, lived roughly ...

About 56 million years ago, when Earth experienced a dramatic rise in global temperatures, one meat-eating mammal responded in a surprising way: It started eating more bones. Subscribe to our ...

A salamander-crocodile type predator survived five extinction events and travelled from waters off Norway to WA's Kimberley coast.

Researchers have discovered the oldest known example of a predator-prey “arms race,” based on their study of ancient fossils. This ancient predator-prey relationship took place 517 million years ago ...

The genus name nods to Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright ...

A past predator of the seas may have had a secret weapon: noise-cancelling flippers that helped it sneak up on prey. The team then performed computer analyses to simulate how the flipper might have ...

"Terrestrial apex predators may preferentially wander close to water sources —especially in dry seasons—as these areas may set an ideal scenario for terrestrial predators to feed on aquatic taxa, or ...

In the rainforests of Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park in the Philippines, an ancient predator is making a surprising comeback, according to Mongabay — and the community couldn't be prouder. The ...

Fossil studies of the extinct predator Dissacus praenuntius offer clues as to how ancient animals responded to environmental changes. The ancient omnivore was about the size of a jackal or a coyote.