Carnivorous dinosaurs may seem like the scariest prehistoric animals, but some prehistoric creatures were far more ferocious than dinosaurs ever were.

A long-lost prehistoric bird species makes a triumphant comeback in its native land after being considered extinct.

Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable set of 11,500-year-old carved stone animals – a fox, a ...

A newly discovered species of a large, crocodile-relative predator has been described via a remarkably well-preserved fossil ...

The creatures, which ranged in size from that of a fox to more than 50 feet long, divided their time between the coast and ...

Earth once hosted more than 10,000 species of these ancient marine predators. Find out how they lived, when they vanished, ...

It is also the first crocodyliform fossil found in the Chorrillo Formation. As one of the most intact peirosaurid ...

Long before the construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, which lies northeast of Mexico City, the area was home to the former Lake Xaltocan and inhabited by a rich ecosystem of ...

A set of carved stone animals - a fox, a vulture and a wild boar - is shedding light on the way prehistoric people told stories after being unearthed by archaeologists in southeastern Turkey.

For millions of years, Earth was the planet of reptiles. Giant flying reptiles controlled the skies while massive dinosaurs were kings of the land. Other prehistoric animals, however, may not have ...

A woman discovered a rare shark tooth in Florida, offering a glimpse into prehistoric times. Nichole Mercuri, 26, was walking along a Florida beach when she says she spotted a giant tooth that ...