A long-dead predator is now thriving after being brought back from extinction, a Texas-based biotechnology firm has said.

Scientists are always making fascinating discoveries, some of which are right beneath our noses. Recently, beneath Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, scientists discovered two extinct predators ...

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

An international team of researchers, led by paleontologists of the University of Liège, has investigated the biting capabilities of extinct predatory marine reptiles, revealing how these formidable ...

The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows.

Fossil jaws reveal giant prehistoric octopuses may have ruled ancient oceans as powerful apex predators during the Cretaceous ...

Oh, to be human... Our brains are locked in fragile bone prisons, we've got bad eyesight, and we complain when we have a hangnail. We wouldn't have lasted a day in a world populated by these ...

From brightly colored birds to the much-loved sugar glider, Australia's native animals are a sight to behold. The island ...

A fossil snake discovered in India may have reached nearly 50 feet long, offering new clues about giant predators in ancient ...