The giant ground sloth was given its scientific name Megalonyx jeffersonii by the US’s third president and founding father ...

One day in the Middle Miocene, some 11 million to 16 million years ago, a roughly 4.8-metre-long caiman ate a terror bird 1.

A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the ...

Paleontologists named the worm Kraytdraco spectatus, for its resemblance to a Star Wars monster. They say it sheds light on ...

A new analysis of an exquisitely preserved fossil that lived half a billion years ago suggests that arachnids—spiders and ...

One of the creepiest, crawliest creatures of the Earth may have been swimming before adapting to live on land, new research suggests.

By revisiting a fossil unearthed decades ago, paleontologists identified a new type of modified skin jutting out from the reptile’s back like a fan.

Manatee County utility crews unearthed a piece of history, dating back thousands of years, while digging a trench for a ...

Thanks to lots of fossil beds, lots of beaches, and eager beachcombers, the Cape Fear coast is a known hot spot for finding shark teeth.

A newly discovered trove of fossilized footprints provides what may be the first evidence of prehistoric diversity in ...