A newly discovered ancient crocodile cousin from a 210-million-year-old Triassic crocodile fossil reveals a powerful ...

Fossil jaws reveal giant prehistoric octopuses may have ruled ancient oceans as powerful apex predators during the Cretaceous ...

The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows.

‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas Fossil jaws from colossal octopuses place them at the top of a prehistoric marine food chain ...

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

Rare crocodile find: An amateur fossil hunter discovered a fragment of the world's oldest marine crocodile in Lyme Regis, ...

Scientists found a sea creature with “large” pores on its throat off of Antarctica and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Derek Oyen via Unsplash The summaries below were drafted with ...

A piece of rock that rolled off a geological formation in Brazil held the key to the discovery of a new prehistoric species. Giaretta, et al (2025) Papers in Palaeontology As scientist Ariovaldo ...

A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may rank among the largest ever to slither across Earth. Named Vasuki indicus ...

Two rare fossil discoveries have reshaped views of ancient marine life: a 20ft ichthyosaur that endured severe injuries and a possible 62ft octopus that may have rivalled marine reptiles. The ...

Caves can be thought of as nature’s original prefabricated homes. Here are five animal species that choose to live in them. While the image of early humans huddled in caves has become an almost ...