Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

The now-extinct sea cow species, Salwasiren qatarensis, was discovered thanks to an examination of 21-million-year-old ...

The bonebed contains the 21-million-year-old remains of sea cows, sharks, barracuda-like fish, prehistoric dolphins and sea ...

For millions of years, the land we now call the United States has been home to towering prehistoric beasts, strange sea creatures, and lush ancient forests that no longer exist. Evidence of this ...

"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

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In the heart of Egypt’s Western Desert, scientists have uncovered more than 400 fossilized skeletons of prehistoric whales.

In the ancient rock formations of Greenland, the tiny tooth of a never-before-seen species was discovered. mahlersilvan via Unsplash Hundreds of millions of years ago, a lake lined with coarse ...

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone belonging to a previously unknown mammal species with razor-like teeth. With the ...

This documentary explores the rise and disappearance of two extraordinary extinct elephants, Platybelodon and Deinotherium. It examines how each species developed unique tusk structures that shaped ...

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...