Discover the extraordinary prehistoric giants – from mega-sloths to monster sharks – that once made today’s animals look miniature.

New research reveals a prehistoric shark 115 million years older than Megalodon, rewriting the timeline of shark ancestry.

There was a time when iguanas were admired as novelties in Florida, roaming unmolested and being fed like stray cats. No ...

Pterosaurs acquired flight "in a burst at their origin," giving scientists new insights into the biological laws of flight ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

Unlike other giant species, which reached their peak size during the Miocene before dying out and getting replaced by smaller ...

After examining the fossils, scientists think the huge prehistoric predator would have measured up to eight metres in length ...

New findings add to evidence that enlarged brains seen in modern birds and presumably in their prehistoric ancestors were not the driver of pterosaurs’ ability to achieve flight, says @HopkinsMedicine ...

Around 115 million years ago, northern Australia’s seas hosted a colossal shark that rewrites what we thought we knew about early ocean predators. New fossil discoveries show that modern-type sharks ...

The Isle of Skye holds the key to ancient species. From the Elgol dinosaur to the Krusatodon or the world’s largest pterosaur fossil from the Jurassic period, fossils found here have shaped our ...