A hidden wildlife camera quietly observed life deep in the forest. Among the many animals that passed through, one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have discovered the oldest known example of a predator-prey “arms race,” based on their study of ancient fossils. This ...

Scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil from Canada's Burgess Shale, a discovery that reshapes how the evolution of arthropods is understood. This new find, named Mosura fentoni, lived roughly ...

Scientists recently uncovered a new dinosaur — and its ancient leftovers – in a tourist hot spot in Argentina. The dinosaur, which measured 23 feet long, is called Joaquinraptor casali. Its discovery ...

Palaeontologists have discovered a remarkable new 506-million-year-old predator from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Mosura fentoni was about the size of your index finger and had three eyes, spiny ...

Fossil studies of the extinct predator Dissacus praenuntius offer clues as to how ancient animals responded to environmental changes. The ancient omnivore was about the size of a jackal or a coyote.

A collection of fossils that spent generations in museum drawers has revealed an unexpected chapter in Britain’s distant past ...

A colossal new sea predator named Tylosaurus rex has been identified from fossils found in Texas, revealing a brutal 43-foot-long hunter that ruled ancient oceans 80 million years ago. The discovery ...

Weasels are small carnivores with a long body and short legs. They also have a stout skull and sharp teeth. These creatures, along with ferrets and minks, make up the Mustelinae subfamily. Until now, ...

A past predator of the seas may have had a secret weapon: noise-cancelling flippers that helped it sneak up on prey. The team then performed computer analyses to simulate how the flipper might have ...