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The “mighty” new prehistoric whale species was about 40 feet long based on the fossilized bones. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

Steven Spielberg's 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park" made dinosaurs hot again, tens of millions of years after they were wiped off the face of the planet. That popularity has never really waned, as new ...

A woman discovered a rare shark tooth in Florida, offering a glimpse into prehistoric times. Nichole Mercuri, 26, was walking along a Florida beach when she says she spotted a giant tooth that once ...

Earlier this summer, researchers announced they found fossils that likely come from courting dinosaurs. To find more fossil evidence of prehistoric animals wooing and mating, scientists will have to ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals. Paleontologists aren’t easily deterred by evolutionary dead ends or a sparse fossil ...

A recent excavation in Texas yielded some "colossal creatures," according to local officials – and archaeologists are hopeful more will be uncovered soon. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT ...

This documentary traces the entire prehistoric history of Australia, revealing how ancient seas, early reptiles, and powerful dinosaurs shaped the continent. Each era introduces new species that ...

The natural world is home to some truly bizarre creatures, so strange yet fascinating that they seem more alien than Earth-born. Some are extremely rare, glimpsed only a handful of times due to ...

NEW YORK — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or ...

Narrator Tom Hiddleston teases "remarkable creatures and epic clashes for survival" in a sneak peek at 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age' Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...