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Maddie Burakoff NEW YORK (AP) – Today’s sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new research suggests. For their study published recently, researchers used fossil evidence to create a […]

Watch how new fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits are discovered, cleaned, and pieced together to build a record of the last 50,000 years.

Researchers came upon the fossilized creature after a man in Portugal noticed several bone fragments in his garden.

Christopher Griffin, who uncovered the find, said he had to "stop and take a breath" when he realised that he was about to discover the well-preserved fossil.

The Mbiresaurus raathi roamed the earth more than 230 million years ago, researchers said.

From the backyard of a residence in the city of Pombal, Portugal, a team of paleontologists excavated the ...

Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed the titanic tusk of a prehistoric pachyderm near a kibbutz in southern Israel, a remnant of a behemoth once hunted by early people.

Andy Moore found a 90 million-year-old fossil of a Xiphactinus vertebrae while fishing. The Xiphactinus swam in the ocean that once covered Nebraska.

The 2.5 metre long tusk emerged from an excavation site in southern Israel, offering what archaeologists said was a rare insight into the life of early inhabitants of the area.

Portuguese and Spanish paleontologists have found huge fossilized ribs and vertebrae thought to belong to a brachiosaurid, one of the largest animals ever.