This prehistoric quadruped discovered on the coast of Peru was similar to a modern-day otter or beaver — except it was 13 ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Now, more than a decade later, new analysis of the fossils has found that they belong to a new 73-million-year-old species, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the peer-reviewed journal ...

A marine animal snacked on some sea lilies that did not agree with its stomach—and we now know what happened next ...

Self-proclaimed "fossil geek" Peter Bennicke was recently searching a beach at the Cliffs of Stevns in eastern Denmark when ...

The fish is thought to have chewed up and spit out some unlucky sea creatures, resulting in this unique fossil.

Peter Bennicke, a local fossil hunter, discovered the blob at the ... concluded that the remains consisted of two different ...

With their pristine fur and dark almond eyes, arctic foxes are possibly one of the most beautiful mammals to have lived in ...