At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s assortment of organic molecules and compounds aligned to create the ...

When some of the more entrepreneurial lifeforms started moving from water to land some 390 million years ago, things soon got ...

MIT geochemists offer compelling evidence that ancient sea sponges were Earth's first animals, emerging over 541 million ...

(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 ...

Rare fossilized sea cow unearthed by a local farmer in Venezuela appears to have been killed by a croc then eaten by a tiger shark. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A construction project at San Pedro High School in Los Angeles revealed nearly 9-million-year-old sea creature fossils buried ...

A new study showing how a prehistoric sea cow was preyed upon by not one, but two different carnivores -- a crocodilian and a shark -- is revealing clues into both the predation tactics of ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

ZEALAND, Denmark (WKRC) - An amateur fossil hunter made a historically significant (and slightly disgusting) discovery: fossilized animal vomit from over 66 million years ago. A man was hunting for ...

The Putnam Museum and Science Center has a new exhibit. “Animal Armor: The Evolution of Armor in Dinosaurs and Prehistoric ...