What starts as a list of obscure carnivorous dinosaurs quickly becomes a terrifying journey through some of the strangest ...

Fossil jaws reveal giant prehistoric octopuses may have ruled ancient oceans as powerful apex predators during the Cretaceous ...

Below the waves, giant marine reptiles, such as the fearsome 4m (13ft) long mosasaurs, were the undisputed apex predators. In artistic reconstructions of these ancient oceans, cephalopods – the animal ...

Giant, intelligent octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas. Modern octopuses are known for their intelligence and ...

The Western Interior Seaway, which existed roughly 80 million years ago, split North America into North and South. It was a warm, shallow sea teeming with life from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of ...

The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule prehistoric seas.

A fossil snake discovered in India may have reached nearly 50 feet long, offering new clues about giant predators in ancient ...

What was found: A microscopic predator dating to the Late Pleistocene was revived from Siberian permafrost, with intricate silica scales and needle-like spikes. Why it matters: The find reveals a ...

The finned octopus lived alongside T. rex and may have been one of the top predators in the ancient ocean food chain.

A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may rank among the largest ever to slither across Earth. Named Vasuki indicus ...