Ulughbegasaurus, a giant predator from 90 million years ago that eclipsed the first tyrannosaurs, has been discovered.

Before humans ever appeared and not long after the dinosaurs went extinct, a new giant rose to the top of the food chain. It didn’t fly or roar– it slithered, and it did so with incredible ...

The largest snake in the world lived millions of years ago, and scientists have uncovered fascinating facts about it, ...

Fossils reveal that sebecids, long-extinct land predators, survived far longer in the Caribbean than previously thought, ...

For the new study, published in the journal PLOS One, Gaete and his colleagues used fossil data to predict the home range of the prehistoric, giant kangaroo Protemnodon and its implications for ...

A long time ago, strange predators roamed the Caribbean — not just birds and snakes, but land-dwelling crocodiles that ...

A peculiar-looking fish washed up on the shores of Seaside Beach in Oregon, leaving some fascinated by its freakish appearance.

These sebecids were the last survivors of a group of ancient crocodile relatives called Notosuchia. Unlike today’s crocodiles ...

By contrast, extinct and endangered languages are the preoccupation of Rare Tongues, a quirky study by linguist Lorna Gibb, aimed at all audiences. The origin of the Indo-European language family ...

In new research published today in PLOS One, we found giant kangaroos that once lived in eastern Australia were far less mobile, making them vulnerable to changes in local environmental conditions. We ...