A fossil beak from an ancient octopus has forced scientists to rethink who ruled the Cretaceous seas. Researchers say two ...
The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests ...
In the fourth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur examines the ...
Mammals and dinosaurs coexisted on Earth until a catastrophic event 66 million years ago killed 75% of life on the planet.
The Curiosity rover has uncovered the most diverse array of organic molecules ever found on Mars, including seven that had ...
Some 80 million years ago, the late Cretaceous oceans were patrolled by 17-meter mosasaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs, and ...
New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.
A giant 'kraken' octopus may have ruled the ocean during the Late Cretaceous period around 100 million years ago, new ...
New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. They ...
The discovery, using novel techniques to analyze fossilized jaws, details how colossal octopuses hunted the Late Cretaceous ...
Fossils from giant tortoises, armadillos and other Ice Age-era species challenge previous assumptions about the region’s ...