Scientists report fossil evidence of the first fully marine amphibian in a study from the University of California, Davis; ...

Insects belong to a broader group of six-legged animals called hexapods. This group also includes other less well-known, ...

Scientists have hailed the discovery near West Bay of a 174-million-year-old giant ichthyosaur, the youngest example of its kind recorded in the UK.

A 120-million-year-old fossil forgotten in a museum for nearly a century has revealed a terrifying new dinosaur that may have ...

A pair of Belgian tourists have discovered the remains of a 174-million-year-old giant ichthyosaur while strolling on a beach ...

Scientist found fossils that belong to the species, Limnospondylus ajimuensis. Fossils uncovered in Japan nearly two decades ago have revealed a giant salamander believed to have inhabited the ...

Its anatomy appears unusual even by therizinosaur standards.

Fossils from some of the largest creatures ever to swim Earth's oceans - whale-sized marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs - have been found in a counterintuitive place: atop three mountains in the S ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Kanon Tanaka Three vertebrae unearthed in Japan have been linked to a newly named giant salamander from roughly 3.5 ...

Roughly 10 to 15 million years ago, an extinct species of side-neck turtle called Chelus colombiana inhabited the vast wetlands of what is now northern South America.

Hunt for prehistoric giants along Florida's Peace River with the Tampa Bay Fossil Club! Discover ancient beasts that once roamed the Sunshine State and meet a local fossil hunter who unearthed an ...

This is a reading comprehension exercise for children. It was written by Susan Fineman, a reading specialist in the New Haven, Conn., school district. Watchful and still, a monster crocodile waited in ...