An international team of paleontologists has discovered in the Karoo desert, in South Africa, a new species of prehistoric predator that is revolutionizing understanding of the origin of mammals. The ...

In the third episode of our Dead World video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur examines tiny prehistoric predators with baffling claws, weird wings, and bony skulls ...

Prehistoric insects reached sizes far beyond anything seen today, driven by environmental conditions that allowed their bodies to grow larger than modern limits. Higher oxygen levels in the atmosphere ...

Come face-to-face (or, face-to-fossil) with prehistoric ocean predators in an upcoming exhibition from London’s Natural ...

In northeastern Brazil, a fossil that had quietly sat in a museum for decades has now rewritten a small part of the history of life on Earth. Scientists discovered a new species of flying reptile ...

A rare ‘fatal consumption’ event from the Jurassic period has been uncovered, revealing a prehistoric predator that met a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of years ago, the earth was ruled by massive animals. Many of these most notable remarkable animals were dinosaurs. Among ...

A remarkable fossil find in Dorset, UK, has uncovered a new species of ancient marine predator related to modern crocodiles.