Carnivorous dinosaurs may seem like the scariest prehistoric animals, but some prehistoric creatures were far more ferocious ...

Titanoboa, the largest snake ever discovered, was actually found by accident in a coal mine in Colombia. In 2009, scientists ...

From fearsome land mammals to deadly sea creatures, we rank the most terrifying animals that once roamed Earth.

Researchers discovered the first-ever dinosaur fossil in the history of Hong Kong from a remote island. According to CNN, the Hong Kong government announced the breakthrough discovery on Wednesday, ...

The 550-million-year-old Quaestio simpsonorum is the first fossil to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important sign of evolutionary development in the history of animals. In 1947 ...

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...

It was the 1920s, and scientists were searching far and wide for fossils of human ancestors. The question of where humans evolved was open, and while Charles Darwin had claimed it might be Africa ...

A Tasmanian tiger, declared extinct in 1936, is displayed at the Australian Museum in Sydney (AFP via Getty) Ancient fossil specimens generally only retain short DNA sequences and little to no RNA ...

Scientists from Brazil say a recently discovered fossil may help explain how dinosaurs evolved and came to rule the planet. The bones date back to approximately 237 million years ago, making them ...

LANSING — When it comes to fossils, Michigan missed out on Tyrannosaurus rex and its associates, but the Mitten State came out just fine with its famous Petoskey stones and mastodons.