This mechanical dog from Ancient Egypt is one of the cutest finds from the Ancient World.

The giant kraken, a mythical marine beast, may not be entirely fiction. New evidence suggests that octopuses up to 62 feet ...

Deep in a dried-up riverbed in Brazil, scientists uncovered a bizarre prehistoric mystery—twisted jawbones from a strange, ...

Below the waves, giant marine reptiles, such as the fearsome 4m (13ft) long mosasaurs, were the undisputed apex predators. In artistic reconstructions of these ancient oceans, cephalopods – the animal ...

A bizarre crocodile relative from the age of dinosaurs is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about ancient reptiles.

These rivers and lakes supported a wide variety of animals, including lungfish, flamingos, and freshwater dolphins.

Fossils in China reveal early life that predates animals and show that ancient ecosystems were more complex than previously ...

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners ...

Archaeologists working in the Southern Ural Mountains have uncovered an unexpected clue about how an ancient plague once moved across Eurasia. A tiny sheep tooth found at the Bronze Age site of Arkaim ...

A new study shows how the loss of large animals thousands of years ago still shapes ecosystems today and may affect their ...