Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to ...

AN animal that was believed to have been extinct has been rediscovered in the UK. Almost 80 years since it was last spotted, this species has re-emerged in Scotland. The tadpole shrimp, often ...

With the help of more than five dozen fossils, paleontologists have uncovered a tiny three-eyed predator nicknamed the “sea moth” that swam in Earth’s oceans 506 million years ago. Mosura fentoni, as ...

The coelacanth is known as a “living fossil” because its anatomy has changed little in the last 65 million years. Despite being one of the most studied fish in history, it continues to reveal new ...

More than 30,000 teeth, bones and other fossils from a 249 million-year-old community of extinct marine reptiles, amphibians, bony fish and sharks have been discovered on the remote Arctic island of ...

The Mississippi River floodplains are home to one of Earth’s most impressive river monsters: the alligator gar. Known to ...

At a fossil site unique to the Appalachian region, an international team of researchers uncovered the first giant flying squirrel fossil ever discovered at the recently discovered hotbed of creatures ...

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