Scientists believe there are a few reasons ancient and prehistoric animals grew to larger sizes ... The post This Prehistoric ...

Scientists have celebrated a surprising discovery about pterosaurs - the largest flying animals to have ever lived. The ancient reptiles were once tiny tree-climbers but, over time, evolved to ...

Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered, lived around 60 million years ago and could grow up to 47 feet long. While the snake's size and strength surprised scientists, what shocked ...

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people’s ... despite what the Discovery Channel has said in the past,” notes Emma. “If an animal as big as megalodon still lived ...

Researchers may have discovered Mississippi's largest ever mosasaur after pulling a Cretaceous-aged fossil out of a riverbed ...

Either way, it was a leaf-munching beast of prehistoric ... that lived like a giant river monster. This animal is still swimming around today. Blue whales are the biggest animals ever, not just ...

A newly discovered whale that lived ... animal to have ever lived, based on a partial skeleton found in Peru, scientists said on Wednesday. The modern blue whale has long been considered the ...

The 205 million-year-old jaw bone of a prehistoric reptile belongs to ‘one of the largest animals ever’ say a group of international palaeontologists. The new discovery has also solved a 150 year old ...

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...

Beelzebufo ampinga, the so-called "devil frog," may be the largest frog that ever lived. These beach-ball-size amphibians, now extinct, grew to 16 inches (41 centimeters) in length and weighed ...

Scientists working in Colombia have discovered the largest snake on the planet, an animal that blows away previous records.

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as ...