Learn why researchers identified some of North America's most famous fossils as Traskasaura sandrae.

Learn how a study of fossilized teeth has changed what we thought we knew about megalodon’s diet.

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The alligator gar is a massive, ancient fish found in U.S. rivers and lakes. With its armor-like scales and gator-like snout, it looks terrifying—but it plays a vital role in freshwater ecosystems.

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So, spare a thought for the poor creatures who lived alongside megalodons around 23 million years ago. A new study has ...

Geologists find giant mosasaur vertebra in Mississippi, a marine predator that ruled the seas 66 million years ago, ...

They gained fresh clues into how Otodus megalodon met its "vast" appetite through state-of-the-art analysis of zinc detected ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

At 8 tonnes and nearly 9 metres in length, triceratops was the largest and most iconic of the horned dinosaurs. With two ...

Contrary to widespread assumptions, the largest shark that ever lived -- Otodus megalodon -- fed on marine creatures at various levels of the food pyramid and not just the top. Scientists analyzed the ...