Only one specimen of Alcovasaurus has ever been found, named for the tiny Wyoming town of Alcova, where it was discovered ...

From horseshoe crabs to crocodiles, some of these creatures have looked about the same for hundreds of millions of years.

This newly discovered reptile ran like a greyhound — and its name is a tribute to the scientist’s high school teacher.

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

Prehistoric animals are often pictured as distant fossils, yet a surprising number of species still walk, swim, and crawl ...

A new Triassic crocodylomorph from Gloucester sheds light on early crocodile evolution and pre-extinction ecosystems.

West Rock Ridge State Park represents the best kind of local treasure: impressive enough to warrant repeated visits, ...

Baby dinosaurs weren’t coddled like lion cubs or elephant calves—they were more like prehistoric latchkey kids. New research ...

A study examining fossil evidence shows that large land predators were already hunting big plant-eating animals more than 280 million years ago. University of Toronto Mississauga researchers Jordan M.

Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs had remarkably large nasal cavities compared with most animals. To understand what ...

A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the ...

When you think of fish you normally imagine cute little creatures in an aquarium or maybe an animal the size of a dinner ...