As a small mammal foraging around in the leafy undergrowth during the Jurassic period, you would always be on the lookout. Reptilian predators were everywhere during the age of the dinosaurs, but ...

A species of the Hyaenodonta family as depicted by Heinrich Harder in Wilhelm Bolsche’s Tiere der Urwelt (Animals of the Prehistoric World). A new fossil from this extinct predator gives ...

As It Happens Prehistoric puke reveals hunting (and hurling) habits of ancient ocean predators 'It doesn’t look disgusting at all,' paleontologist Jesper Milan says of the fossilized vomit ...

Animals Reptiles Alligators & Crocodiles Crocodile quiz: Test your knowledge on the prehistoric predators Quizzes By Hannah Osborne published 6 November 2024 ...

Why animals are the size they are has a lot to do with the environment, the food available to them, and the predators that surround them. But, what would happen if we played with those sizes?

After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A new book brings readers into this world with well-researched species profiles by Aaron Woodruff, collection manager for vertebrate ...

The animals that plummeted 85 feet into Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave provide a layered history of life dating back to the ...

Paleontologists identified a three-eyed prehistoric predator, Mosura fentoni, in Yoho National Park’s Burgess Shale, dating back 506 million years.

They have thick, rigid skin and dozens of sharp teeth inside jaws that deliver some of the biggest bite forces of any living animal. Other than humans, adult crocs have no natural predators.