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Megalodon fossil lost for decades confirms the monster's terrifying size

A long-lost fossil once thought destroyed has resurfaced, confirming just how enormous megalodon may have been — and offering fresh clues about the giant shark’s life.

Pleistocene Epoch Fossilized Crab

Elderly female lion grows 'awkward teenage mane,' baffling zookeepers

An elderly female lion at the Topeka Zoo in Kansas has sprouted a mane. This phenomenon has only been seen a handful of times.

Turtles finally have a place in the tree of life: X-ray study of South African fossils was a decider

Palaeontologists have got a clearer picture of where turtles fit in the animal kingdom, thanks to analysis of a southern African fossil. Image credit: Gabriel Ugueto

Newly discovered fossil among the earliest land creatures to enjoy a salad

Meet Tyrannoroter heberti, a newly described species that was one of the largest, most feared land animals of its time – at least, if you were a fern.

New fossil reveals the weird ‘tooth cushions’ of an apex predator from 425 million years ago

A new fossil of Megamastax amblyodus reveals bizarre “tooth cushions” in the jaws of a 425-million-year-old apex predator.

A "Living Fossil" Has Been Found Swimming Off California

Scientists have discovered a living fossil off the California coast, a prehistoric fish once thought extinct alongside the dinosaurs.

Skin and color pattern of 125-million-year-old crocodile revealed by extraordinary fossil from the Pyrenees

A new study describes, for the first time in detail, the soft tissues preserved in Montsecosuchus depereti, a Lower Cretaceous crocodylomorph from the Pedrera de Meià site in the province of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain).