Around 115 million years ago, northern Australia’s seas hosted a colossal shark that rewrites what we thought we knew about ...

A 246 million-year-old reptile fossil discovered by scientists in New Zealand has been identified as the oldest marine reptile fossil found in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a Swedish museum.

For decades, scientists have debated which animals first appeared on Earth and set the stage for the evolution of complex life. A recent study by MIT geochemists offers compelling evidence that the ...

An international team of scientists has identified the oldest fossil of a sea-going reptile from the Southern Hemisphere – a nothosaur vertebra found on New Zealand’s South Island. 246 million years ...

(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 mammal, was swimming in the ...

Around 115 million years ago, the seas off northern Australia were home to a gigantic ancestor of Jaws. Fossils of this ancient mega-predator reveal ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Researchers from Marshall University in West Virginia have helped make a breakthrough in the world of paleontology. While working with an international investigative team ...

An exhibition of fossils, said to be the biggest of its kind in the country, has been opened at University College Cork by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

When dinosaurs ruled the land, other groups of prehistoric reptiles dominated the waters. Their bones have also fossilised and they reveal much about how these ‘sea dragons’ lived. They tell us about ...

Did you know that some creatures from the age of dinosaurs are still alive today? Yep, there are sea monsters and other prehistoric monsters swimming and crawling around our planet right now! Take the ...

Paleontology, the study of prehistoric organisms, relies almost entirely on the fossilized remains of extinct plants and animals. We look at what’s left of their bones or the imprints left by leaves ...