5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (610+ words) THE prehistoric "supercarnivore" megalodon was bigger than previously thought, growing to a whopping 80ft and weighing 94 tons. Four times bigger than the largest recorded great white shark, the megatooth beasts are now understood to measure 12ft at birth. The terrifying data comes…...

13+ hour, 31+ min ago   (442+ words) YOU wouldn't want to attempt chomping down on this newly discovered dinosaur species. Scientists were blown away after finding some very unique characteristics that would have likely made the creature an unappetising option for predators some 125million years ago. A near-complete…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (595+ words) AN EXTINCT creature has been found trapped into amber after nearly 40 million years. The doomed animal " which came from a legendary poet's private collection " is so perfectly preserved that its hairs are still intact and visible. Scientists probed the fossilised…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (625+ words) It did have a very large predator though A GIANT duck-billed dino dubbed a "cow of the Cretaceous" that was unknown to science has been found. The mammoth beast would've measured as long as 40 feet, and stomped around in herds…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (594+ words) The name comes from a surprising ankle discovery A WORLD-FAMOUS fossil nicknamed "Little Foot" may actually belong to a new humanlike species. The fossil was previously thought to be a member of a genus called Australopithecus " but a fresh probe…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (852+ words) And it weighed as much as some humans too AN ANCIENT predator that lived before the dinosaurs was a "precursor" of the modern crocodile. Experts have shed light on the "extremely rare" discovery of a new armour-plated carnivore that lived…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (639+ words) The contents could change our understanding of how dinosaurs grow A GROUP of scientists in Argentina have unearthed a dinosaur egg so perfectly preserved that it looks like it was laid yesterday. The ancient egg " thought to be more than…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (582+ words) The catch is one of the closest to occur off the UK coast AN extremely rare fish known for eating sharks has been caught off the UK coast. The prehistoric species usually lives hundreds of metres below the surface and…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (599+ words) Researchers hope the discovery will answer many questions A SEA creature thought to be 190 million years old has finally been named 24 years after it was found on the English coast. The fossil is nearly complete and belongs to a group…...