A newly discovered prehistoric mammal may hold clues to how life survived the dinosaur-killing extinction. The tiny species, ...

Coincident with the rise of the dinosaurs, a large landmass filled most of the Arctic circle, potentially contributing to ...

Scientists have discovered dozens of 132-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in South Africa’s Brenton Formation, the youngest ...

Mammals and dinosaurs coexisted on Earth until a catastrophic event 66 million years ago killed 75% of life on the planet.

A giant octopus may have ruled the ancient seas as a top marine predator in the age of the dinosaurs, according to new ...

Ruby Reynolds and her father were on the beach when they discovered Ichthyotitan severnensis - the largest-ever marine ...

The creature measured up to 62 feet and shared the seas with mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and great-white-sized sharks.

A giant 'kraken' octopus may have ruled the ocean during the Late Cretaceous period around 100 million years ago, new ...

A long-standing mystery in southern Africa’s fossil record is beginning to unravel. After massive lava flows 182 million ...

A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators ...

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest ...

A crushed skull reveals Ptychotherates bucculentus, a rare early dinosaur reshaping what we know about evolution before a ...