When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried. While the different strata of sedimentary rock represent periods of ...

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

Crocodile bones shed light on growth dynamics. Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan In biology and palaeontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal’s skeleton.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The newly described mosasaur Tylosaurus rex spanned up to 43 feet (13 meters) long and may have been one of the fiercest ...

When we think of the Mesozoic Era, we usually imagine massive reptiles and prehistoric jungles, but some of the most fascinating species from that time are actually still walking, swimming, and ...

WASHINGTON — The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep. During the age of dinosaurs, new research shows, there existed a creature ...