Ancient oceans were filled with strange predators long before the most famous dinosaurs appeared.

Australia preserves one of the longest and most extraordinary fossil records on Earth, spanning more than 500 million years ...

Humans have a long history of misinterpreting ancient fossils. Here are 10 creatures from the dinosaur age that looked way different than we thought. Scientists and artists have been reconstructing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist illustration of the extinct, Khinjaria acuta, chasing fish underwater with its jaw open. Paleontologists in Morocco have ...

Dive beneath the surface of ancient seas and you’ll find a world teeming with giant reptiles, armour-plated fish and predators with jaws wide enough to swallow you whole.

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“Life Before Dinosaurs: The Permian Monsters” opens Saturday at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The new exhibit will take museum guests back in time to meet creatures that dominated ...

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Paleontologists in Morocco have discovered the fossilized remains of a huge, never-before-seen species of marine lizard with "dagger-like" teeth. There's a new T. rex from the dinosaur age — and it ...