A rare deep-sea fish has appeared off the southwestern coast of England for the first time in two decades, raising questions about shifting marine patterns. The sightings highlight unusual wildlife ...

A 400-foot-long granite structure off the coast of Brittany suggests late hunter-gatherers were already beginning to settle ...

Researchers have linked the development of the human jaw to a 423-million-year-old armoured fish that skulked the bottom of the oceans. Paleontologists from China and Sweden said Thursday that our ...

A prehistoric visitor, a sturgeon fish, washed ashore on Hilton Head on Nov. 19, baffling beach goers around Islanders Beach Club. Photographed by John Billings, vacationer from Tennessee. Courtesy of ...

Despite an extreme environment characterized by high pressure, high temperature, strong acidity and low oxygen levels resembling living conditions in prehistoric times, hydrothermal vents harbor a ...

A new species of prehistoric fish was found in iron-rich stone in southeastern Australia. Screengrab from Australian Museum's video What can fossils tell us about prehistoric life? The length of a ...

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 ...

Ruins of a prehistoric stone wall submerged off the northwest coast of France may be evidence that a sunken city of legend ...

The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming through the world’s oceans today. Blue whales can reach lengths of 100 feet, but one of their smaller relatives isn’t too far behind. Right whales, ...