Coelacanth: Once though to be extinct for 66 million years, this ancient fish was rediscovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938. It currently has a population of less than 1,000.

AN ORCHID once believed extinct in the wild in Britain is among those that can be found in Herefordshire. The incredibly rare ghost orchid was spotted flowering wild for the first time in 15 years in ...

The fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a study published 23 January ...

Wildlife officers have searched 450 kilometres of coastline for a crocodile spotted on a beach near Bundaberg. There has been no further sightings of the reptile since last week and the search has ...

As if the largest bug to ever live — a monster nearly 9 feet long with several dozen legs — wasn't terrifying enough, scientists could only just imagine what the extinct beast's head looked like.

Notably, the team’s data allows projections of bite-force strength in now-extinct crocodiles found in the fossil record, including 40-footers estimated to have been capable of generating 23,000 ...

It is believed that during the Mahabharata period, the Saraswati River was cursed by Durvasa Rishi. The curse decreed that the river would remain extinct until the end of Kaliyuga and would return to ...

All of Earth’s creatures have the potential to slowly fossilize, making them discoverable after millions of years to be studied and entered into the annals of science. That includes those that ...

Researchers had initially assumed these bones came from a prehistoric crocodile species. The length estimates for Vasuki indicus, named after the serpent king Vasuki of Hindu folklore, would put ...

Paleontologist Jesper Milan hailed the discovery as "truly an unusual find," adding it helped explain the relationships in the prehistoric food chain. "Sea lilies are not a particularly nutritious ...

Alligators are common sights in Brevard County. Crocodiles not too much. So it was big news when one was spotted in the Melbourne Beach area beginning in 2019. And it kept coming back! A satellite ...

Let’s discover more about this prehistoric predator. Crocodile, a likely source of food for Titanoboa. Image by budgme via Pixabay. Titanoboa reached lengths of 42 to 47 feet. At that size, it weighed ...