A massive prehistoric shark, resembling a creature from a sci-fi nightmare, has left audiences around the globe both ...

Two species of marine molluscs dating back about 430 million years have been named Punk and Emo for their outlandish spiky appearance ...

A newly discovered ichthyosaur skeleton in New Zealand, found by palaeontologist James Crampton in 2010, offers the most complete specimen of its kind in the region. This 98-million-year-old fossil ...

A new prehistoric marine predator has been identified which ... This was one tough old croc in life and death." ...

The study of these finds provides insights into marine life from millions of years ago ... is being studied to understand the ecology of the prehistoric ocean that once covered the region.

3 min read During the Ordovician period, part of the Paleozoic era, a rich variety of marine life flourished in the vast seas and the first primitive plants began to appear on land—before the ...