Latest about Extinct Species
Enormous 240 million-year-old sea monster had its head torn off in one clean bite
Analysis of bite marks on Tanystropheus hydroides, which lived during the Middle Triassic, showed another predator had attacked from above and torn its neck in two.
Could the megalodon still exist today?
Megalodon once dominated Earth's oceans. Despite vanishing from the fossil record millions of years ago, rumors persist that these gigantic sharks are still alive.
Dinosaur named after 2-faced Roman god could be 'missing link' in duck-billed dinos' evolution
The plant-eating, raptor-like dinosaur lived during a time of great transition around 99 million years ago and was named after the Roman god Janus.
Quarter-ton marsupial that ambled across Australia 3.5 million years ago was 'unlike anything alive today'
The newly described extinct species is closely related to the largest marsupial to ever roam the Earth.
Nearly 6 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' unearthed in Florida
Paleontologists have uncovered a graveyard of ancient elephant relatives.
Massive dino from Brazil ate 'like a pelican,' controversial new study finds. Why is it causing an uproar?
The study reveals new information about the carnivorous dinosaur Irritator challengeri, but the research has been criticized because the fossils may have been illegally removed from Brazil.
Fearsome saber-toothed giant dominated at dawn of 'Great Dying', but its reign was short-lived
Inostrancevia, a creature with tough skin like a rhino's, migrated 7,000 miles across the ancient supercontinent Pangaea and briefly dominated what is now South Africa before going extinct.
Watch exclusive clip of never-before-depicted dinosaur from Prehistoric Planet season 2
Episode two, available to stream today on Apple TV+, features the heavily armored Tarchia, a dinosaur with an inbuilt air conditioning system and one of the largest ankylosaurs.
