Australian and US scientists discovered a new species of prehistoric snapping turtle after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in a Northern Territory museum. The new species ...

For some people, the very thought of the ocean is a scary one. And even if you haven’t got a phobia of sea animals or thalassophobia, it does get pretty eerie the deeper you think about it. I ...

In 1785, a Spanish official named Don Diego Ruiz was looking for illegal tobacco plantations in the Papantla region of Mexico (then called New Spain), near the modern-day city of Veracruz, when he ...

The Young and the Restless spoilers reveal there is no new episode on Wednesday, January 1. So, what’s happening on Thursday, January 2, 2025? Fans will see Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) react to ...

Never once did they catch a glimpse of the elusive smalltooth sawfish. Just when they thought they had to look for other fish in the sea, a storm-tossed day in the St. Marys River brought an ...

As the geography of the region changes, mining, cargo ship traffic and wildfires have become more common, offering these (sometimes prehistoric) microbes a way to reach areas populated by vulnerable ...

Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in ...

Experts believe the size of the tomb and wealth of the artifacts show the owner was a prehistoric king. The diversity of artifacts within the excavation offers cultural connections beyond one region.

Hans Brings was fishing on Cape Cod in the middle of the night as a thunder and lightning storm approached. Around 1 a.m., the college student from Mashpee, Mass., got lucky, landing a four-and-a-half ...

and a string of harsh winters are believed to be responsible for the disappearance of this prehistoric fish from Big Stone Lake. The last known sturgeon was found washed up on its shoreline in 1938.

Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart preserved inside a fossilised prehistoric fish. They say the specimen captures a key moment in the evolution of the blood-pumping organ ...