Leviathan melvillei was one of the most terrifying marine predators to ever exist, dominating the oceans millions of years ...

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 ...

A crew of coal miners in India were digging in the ground until they unearthed a 50-foot monster that lived during one of the ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Octopuses’ earliest relatives that lived 100 million years ago may have been "gigantic" predators that hunted alongside dinosaurs, according to new research. Although scientists previously believed ...

The Cretan wildcat, known locally as the furogatos, is the island’s only wild cat and the largest carnivore on Crete, Greece.

A new exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum shines a light on Jurassic marine life and asks what their extinction could teach us about protecting the oceans now.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...