The new finds help scientists reconstruct ancient sea levels, water temperatures, and ecosystems from millions of years ago.

Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" ...

The lion, king of the beasts, gives birth to dead pups. After three days, during which the young are licked into shape, the father breathes life into his offspring with a terrifying roar.

Microscopic magnetic fossils from the North Atlantic seafloor hint at an ancient marine creature's use of Earth's magnetic field for navigation. These fossils, potentially part of the marine ...

In 2011, scientists recorded a previously unknown feeding strategy in whales around the world. Now, researchers in Australia think they may have found evidence of this behaviour being described in ...

Medieval cartographers filled the edges of their maps with creatures that were never meant to be accurate, only terrifying. Sharks became winged devils, horned sea demons, and godlike beasts that ...

A digital reconstruction of a humpback whale trap feeding, a behavior with striking similarities to the feeding habits of the "hafgufa" described in medieval Norse texts. John McCarthy, Flinders ...