Many have claimed to have "discovered" the America's first. From Christopher Columbus, to Leif Erikson, all the way to the ...

A new study found that a pachyderm skeleton, dismissed for decades as unimportant, offers evidence of careful planning, ...

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

The discovery, using novel techniques to analyze fossilized jaws, details how colossal octopuses hunted the Late Cretaceous ...

Giant, fearsome octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas, according to new research that flips the script on their ...

Bicharracosaurus dionidei, a newly discovered sauropod from Argentina, shows a mix of brachiosaurid and diplodocid traits, ...

A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.

For 25 years, a hand-sized sea creature embedded in Illinois rock held the title of the world’s oldest octopus. Now, thanks ...

The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule ...

The legends describe the mysterious moon-eyed people as being entirely pale-skinned, heavily bearded, and possessing uniquely shaped eyes that were extremely sensitive to sunlight. Because the bright ...

Ruby Reynolds and her father were on the beach when they discovered Ichthyotitan severnensis - the largest-ever marine ...