Extinction
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![An artisitic representation of an armored dinosaur with long spikes sticking out from its sides while walking through a forest area](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hdk97qxRi8DjNV3ocHQnWD-320-80.jpg)
Blade-like spikes covered newly discovered dinosaur unearthed in the UK
By Harry Baker published
The armored ankylosaur is more closely related to dinosaurs found in China than its UK relatives, hinting at a previously unknown migration for the group.
![An artist impression of a large marine predator biting the neck of a smaller animal with a very long neck](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/R8LS9Hojt59FsUgVCq4v8Y-320-80.jpg)
Enormous 240 million-year-old sea monster had its head torn off in one clean bite
By Hannah Osborne published
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.
![an illustration of a megalodon just beneath the surface of th water looking up with its mouth open](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AiJ9GscdRXWUrtzdWY2gbK-320-80.jpg)
Could the megalodon still exist today?
By Lydia Smith published
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.
![A digital image of a raptor like dinosaur with striped gray, brown and green skin on a blue background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gAQ78PrbTk7JxYw2oLAbZ-320-80.jpg)
Dinosaur named after 2-faced Roman god could be 'missing link' in duck-billed dinos' evolution
By Harry Baker published
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.
![A diagram of the new marsupial species body outline with fossils superimposed on top](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UV99jkFaJ7vKCF88oJaiFD-320-80.jpg)
Quarter-ton marsupial that ambled across Australia 3.5 million years ago was 'unlike anything alive today'
By Harry Baker published
The newly described extinct species is closely related to the largest marsupial to ever roam the Earth.
![We see six people in a rocky area with excavated fossils on the ground and covered in plaster blocks.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2vo2d3fvDFHwBxKxBKwQ8H-320-80.jpg)
Nearly 6 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' unearthed in Florida
By Kiley Price published
Paleontologists have uncovered a graveyard of ancient elephant relatives.
![A black and white image of a dinosaur scooping its lower skull through water](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DKsLb6XeSAFZenHTo3ykyZ-320-80.jpg)
Massive dino from Brazil ate 'like a pelican,' controversial new study finds. Why is it causing an uproar?
By Harry Baker published
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.
![An illustration of the saber-toothed predator Inostrancevia standing above its dead prey with its jaws wide open and large canines on display.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fk7cdkXsvN67xqw4oWk5Gd-320-80.png)
Fearsome saber-toothed giant dominated at dawn of 'Great Dying', but its reign was short-lived
By Sascha Pare published
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.
![A close up of a Tarchia in Prehistoric Planet shows its scaly skin, armored head and large nose.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qerZGVHmc9u4UGrFAUBgBC-320-80.jpg)
Watch exclusive clip of never-before-depicted dinosaur from Prehistoric Planet season 2
By Sascha Pare published
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.
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