Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. After ...

Killing carnivores to protect livestock, wildlife and people is an emotive and controversial issue that can cause community ...

A mystery has been building in the Caribbean. Decades ago, fossilized teeth were discovered in Cuba dating to about 18 million years ago. They were small but tapered, sharp and serrated. They were the ...

In today's video, we will be examining several of the most prominent sabre toothed cats who lived on the grasslands of the Pleistocene world our earliest ancestors were beginning to conquer. We will ...

The ancestors of today’s crocodylians survived two mass extinction events. A new study has revealed a key factor behind their ...

When it comes to creature features in which the creature in question actually does (or once did) exist in our reality, the ...

The repeated evolution of huge birds is part of the dinosaurian legacy. Beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to have survived ...

Be glad you weren't around when these Jurassic speed demons lurked the Earth. They were faster, and deadlier, than anything ...

It likely preyed upon dicynodonts and pareiasaurs or mammal-like ... the dynamic nature of prehistoric ecosystems. As the Permian period drew to a close, many top predators in southern regions ...

Scientists discovered the oldest-known ant species, Vulcanidris cratensis, in northeastern Brazil. This ancient winged ant, part of the hell ant lineage, lived alongside dinosaurs and featured ...

A giant mosasaur fossil vertebra discovered in Mississippi may belong to one of the largest sea predators ever found. The vertebra is estimated to be from a creature that was likely 30 feet (9 meters) ...

They can grow to 8 feet long and are a bottom-feeding predator fitted to swim in the swift currents of big rivers. Conservationists say their ecological role cannot be duplicated by any other fish.