Paleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the ... orca and leopard seals – dominate. Khinjaria acuta was a member of the ...

"Longipteryx is one of my favorite fossil birds, because it's just so weird—it has this long skull, and teeth only at the tip of its beak," study lead author Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator ...

This "living fossil" can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it survived predatory dinosaurs. Why it's awesome: With their long snout ...

Michigan may not have dinosaur fossils, but on National Fossil Day we celebrate our Petoskey stones and mastodons.

Deep in the Bavarian region of Germany, paleontologists have uncovered an ancient world frozen in time. At a site called ...

Emma Bernard, a curator of fossil fish at the Museum, says, 'Shark-like scales from the Late Ordovician have been found, but no teeth. If these were from sharks it would suggest that the earliest ...

It turned out to be one of the largest marine fossil sites in all of California. Some of the discoveries are unique, including species that were previously unknown in the area, including a saber-tooth ...

Looking at the fossils' rounded teeth and relatively small canines, researchers also say the extinct monkeys' diet consisted mainly of fruit. Antillothrix may have a modern relative. At just over ...

Scientists say they have discovered fossils belonging to a "nightmarish ... long - the same as an orca - and had "dagger-like" teeth. Researchers said the species would have lived alongside ...

Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of a dead organism. They provide evidence for how living things and the environment have changed over time. Fossils have been found in rocks of all ages ...

"They may have lived in small family groups consisting of a female, male and dependent offspring." Looking at the fossils' rounded teeth and relatively small canines, researchers also say the extinct ...

Scientists have shared a reconstructed image of what the lizard might have looked like 66 million years ago Scientists say they have discovered fossils belonging to a "nightmarish" sea lizard ...