Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our ...

The “mighty” new prehistoric whale species was about 40 feet long based on the fossilized bones. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

In southern Brazil and northern Argentina, scientists have discovered massive underground tunnels stretching for hundreds of ...

Recent excavations in South America have unearthed a fascinating glimpse into the prehistoric world, revealing the existence of giant, elephant-sized sloths that once carved massive, 2000-foot-long ...

A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered ...

Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth's largest trees, officials said ...

(Raul Martin) Of all the dinosaur superlatives, “biggest dinosaur ever” is one of the most prized. The trouble is that we don’t really know who deserves the title. Sauropods like Apatosaurus (once ...

Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth's largest trees, officials said ...

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