Meet Shasta County's ancient predators, some that dwarfed Tyrannosaurus rex Ancient ancestors to squid swam in the salty water that once covered Redding Prehistoric 10-foot 'sea lizard' once lived in ...

A terrifying ichthyosaur chases its prey in an artist's reconstruction. Ancient "fish-lizards" were swimming around in Earth's oceans 250 million years ago, long before scientists thought they first ...

The fossils of giant, extinct marine reptiles have been found in an unlikely place: within the high altitudes of the Swiss Alps. The fossils of giant, extinct marine reptiles have been found in an ...

Mysterious night lizards survived the giant asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, despite living right next to the impact site, a new study finds. Thanks to a new ...

Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards -- and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ...

SALT LAKE CITY (WKRC) - A new species of dinosaur was discovered in an unlikely place - not beneath layers of dirt in a desert, but inside a glass jar in a museum. According to an account from Hank ...

A fossil found by a pair of hikers last year has turned out to be the skull of a huge new species of prehistoric fish that lived around 72 million years ago. The hikers came across the fossil in ...

Researchers in Spain have identified a new spinosaurus species that walked on two legs, feasted on fish and measured between 32 and 36 feet when it was alive. The researchers who named the newest ...

Dinosaurs have been prominent in popular culture for decades, meaning species such as the T-Rex and Velociraptor have become almost universally recognized. Another type, Therizinosaurus, may have been ...

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