For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

CELINA - Though dinosaurs are the most notable of the prehistoric animals, smaller mammals and fish walked and swam in Ohio, ...

The northeastern gold rush town of Republic caters to fossil-obsessed road-trippers with the only public dig site in the state.

Journey into prehistory as the article explores seven monstrous serpents that once ruled land and sea. From the colossal ...

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

Paleontologists have uncovered an exceptionally complete skull of a massive bird that lived 45 million years ago. This ...

These animals lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene epoch and became extinct about 24,000 years ago. They were 2.7-3.5 m (8.9-11.5 feet) long and up to 1.7 m (5.6 feet) at the shoulder, and ...

This stoppage happened during a period known as the Epoch of Reionization. It took a few billion years after the epoch for the galaxy to reignite and start forming new stars. “We have a measurement ...

Scientists have unveiled a giant horned dinosaur from Egypt called Tameryraptor markgrafi after discovering lost photos of fossils destroyed in WWII. When you purchase through links on our site ...

When you picture a dinosaur, what does it look like? Maybe you think of four-legged herbivores like Apatosaurus or Triceratops. Maybe you imagine large armored dinosaurs like Ankylosaurus or ...

SNSB and LMU Paleontologists have identified a new species of predatory dinosaur from the Cretaceous period in North Africa, about 95 million years old. What makes this discovery so special is ...