Megalodon usually gets all the attention when it comes to sea monsters, but ancient oceans were full of predators just as ...

Machine generated contents note: Classical Antecedents -- The Earliest Medieval Maps with Sea Monsters: Beatus Mappaemundi -- "Let the Waters Bring Forth Abundantly": Sea Monsters in the Creation -- ...

This ancient, armored sea monster snatched its marine prey with a formidable bite more than 300 million years ago. Belonging to the fierce Dunkleosteus genus, it was among the planet’s first apex ...

MAYVILLE, N.D. — A once-in-a-lifetime discovery in rural North Dakota. The fossil remnants of an ancient sea monster. There are many remnants of the ancient past inside Mayville State University: ...

New fossil discoveries are forcing scientists to redraw the boundaries of ancient oceans, suggesting that some of the most formidable marine predators did not always stay at sea. From gigantic ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since paleontologists uncovered the first specimen more than two centuries ago. Their ...

Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator. They uncovered a piece of vertebra they said likely belonged to a mosasaur, ...