Shedding light on the strange, car-sized, armoured fish that lived 360 million years ago in what is now Cleveland. Plus: the ...

MAYVILLE, N.D. — A once-in-a-lifetime discovery in rural North Dakota. The fossil remnants of an ancient sea monster. There are many remnants of the ancient past inside Mayville State University: ...

This mouth structure wasn’t an evolutionary relic, however. It was actually a specialized feature that allowed them to thrive. It now appears Dunkleosteus boasted a head and jaw more reminiscent of a ...

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Who knew that a random beach stroll could lead to the discovery of a long-extinct sea monster? And this is exactly what transpired in this groundbreaking discovery. According to Newsweek, the most ...

In the murky depths of prehistoric seas, a colossal predator known as Dunkleosteus once thrived. This ancient fish, measuring over 14 feet in length, roamed ...

Beneath the fog of the Dutch lowlands, where windmills turn and canals stretch into the mist, ancient legends still whisper ...

The enormous skull of an ancient sea monster was located on a beach in the county of Dorset in 2022. Paleontologists learned that the bones were of a pliosaur, an apex predator that roamed the ocean ...

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Ancient Greek myths of dragons, krakens, and other legendary creatures were inspired by real animals and fossils alike.

Rocks have been found to hold many traces of Earth's ancient history, but usually geologists have to seek them out. Every ...