Learn about a small rodent-like mammal whose descendants survived the extinction event that killed all non-avian dinosaurs.

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

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

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

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ...

The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests ...

Giant, fearsome octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas, according to new research that flips the script on their ...

Octopuses' earliest relatives may have been gigantic predators hunting during the age of dinosaurs, according to new Hokkaido ...

For nearly 25 years, a hand-sized fossil pulled from the rocks of Illinois held a remarkable title: the oldest known octopus ...

A fossil fish skull, Macropoma gombessae, that sat unnoticed in a London museum for nearly 140 years has now changed fish ...

We show that these animals reached total lengths of up to nearly 20 metres, which may have surpassed the size of large marine ...

An international research team led by Chinese scientists has discovered the oldest known body fossils of annelids, extending ...