From the Palaeolithic to the present-day : the research value of marine mammal remains from archaeological contexts and the uses of contemporary museum reference collections / Richard Sabin -- Retreat ...

Paleontologists have uncovered a previously unknown prehistoric mammal species that was among the largest of its time. The partial remains of the newly identified species were originally collected ...

"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

A giant skull of a prehistoric sea predator has been unearthed by a team of fossil hunters in the UK, the BBC reported. The more than 6-foot-long skull belongs to a pliosaur, a marine reptile that ...

A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea about ...

When dinosaurs ruled the land, other groups of prehistoric reptiles dominated the waters. Their bones have also fossilised and they reveal much about how these ‘sea dragons’ lived. They tell us about ...

Move over, professional paleontologists - the next generation of fossil hunters has arrived! In a discovery that would make Mary Anning proud, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds stumbled upon what would turn ...

Paleontologists have revealed what may be the earliest known saber-toothed animal to have ever lived—a predator that roamed ...

Researchers have revealed a previously unknown species of "giant sea lizard" with a fearsome set of "dagger-like" teeth that lived during the age of the dinosaurs. The new species, described in a ...