Scientists discovered ancient marine reptiles that reached unprecedented trophic levels. These creatures exceeded today’s top predators.

A remarkable discovery in Morocco has shed light on a mysterious ancient marine predator, Carinodens acrodon, a small but highly specialized mosasaur that roamed the oceans during the late Cretaceous ...

Predators at the top of a marine food chain 130 million years ago ruled with more power than any modern species, McGill ...

Modern oceans, for comparison, max out at trophic level five or six, represented by apex predators like orcas, sperm whales, ...

From deadly 'living fossils' to glowing sea angels, the ocean floor is home to creatures almost ... yet ruthless predators when hunger strikes. They primarily hunt sea butterflies, which ...

Today’s marine trophic levels cap at six, with creatures like killer whales and great white sharks. The discovery of giant marine reptile apex predators ... by rising sea levels and warmer ...

One hundred and fifty million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the land, but the oceans were dominated by a mysterious sea monster ... tale of the most formidable predator of the Jurassic world ...

These marine creatures face far more dangers from humans than surfers or swimmers do from them. Sharks are found in every ocean on Earth ... likely to hunt deep-sea prey. Biologists have found ...

It indicates how much ocean still must be discovered ... All the same, the find of this predator illustrates just how much life has changed to survive in the dim, nutrient-barren parts of the deep-sea ...