Prehistoric life
This fossilised 'hell ant' found in a Brazilian museum has been hiding a mighty secret
Experts say the 113-million-year-old fossil is the oldest ant specimen ever discovered.
Dinosaur hunters just made a monstrous discovery in the Canadian Rockies
The palaeontologists found are series of prehistoric footprints in two locations in the rugged mountains – and they belonged to an enormous animal.
The world's most ferocious ocean predator ever? This prehistoric, 11 metre long, whale-cross-crocodile monster had a bite as strong as a T-Rex
The world’s oceans were home to many monstrous marine reptiles during the Mesozoic, and chief amongst them were the pliosaurs…
In the 1970s, over 100 ancient rhinos were found entombed in Yellowstone ash – we finally know what happened
It has taken researchers more than 50 years to solve the mystery of why so many rhinos died in the same spot.
This utterly terrifying, armoured, prehistoric millipede was the size of a double duvet and the biggest bug to ever walk the Earth
300 million years ago, there was a giant bug that looked like a millipede but grew as large as the width of a small car…
Prehistoric giant ground sloths once roamed the Americas – including one colossus that weighed 4 tonnes and stood 3.5 meters tall - yet couldn't run
From pig-sized species to those that would have rubbed shoulders with today’s elephants, ground sloths were an incredibly diverse group of mammals that persisted in the Americas for nearly 30 million years…
These prehistoric terror birds – with 'walking bolt cutters' for beaks – would have petrified early humans
Carnivorous terror birds would have towered over humans and may have torn off flesh using their hooked beaks.
Terminator pigs: These 2-metre-tall prehistoric monsters – with their bone-crushing jaws – were one of the most ferocious predators to have ever lived…
These huge, terrifying, prehistoric pig-like creatures were the t-Rex of their day, says Will Newton
Muscles and guts of prehistoric animal found “preserved in unimaginable detail” in South African mountains
The fossilised remains, unearthed 25 years ago from farmland in the Cederberg Mountains, have only recently been described.
Ancient creatures found encased in amber in remote forests of Myanmar – and they’ve been hiding a deadly secret
The 99-million-year-old specimens were discovered in the isolated Hukawng Valley in the north of the country.
Bizarre new dinosaur with giant claws unearthed in Mongolian desert
The fossilised remains of the ‘two-claw’ animal reveal surprising diversity in an already strange group of dinosaurs.
"Uncharted territory": soft tissue of ancient animal found entombed in volcanic rock near Rome
The 30,000-year-old remains display microscopic details of animal tissue, including eyelids and perfectly preserved feathers, say scientists
This prehistoric monster is the largest dog that ever lived and was able to crush bone with its deadly teeth – but was wiped out by cats
Similar in size to the fictional dire wolves from George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, Epicyon is widely considered the biggest canid of all time…
Dinosaur footprints found "hiding in plain sight" in Australian high school
It's one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints per square metre ever documented in Australia, say experts.
With lethal blades instead of teeth this prehistoric super predator could have had the deadliest bite ever known
'Giant' creature pulled from ancient sinkhole in Appalachian Mountains
The remains of the extinct animal – which lived alongside prehistoric rhinoceros and mastodons – are almost five million years old, say scientists.
Why an ancient predator found half-buried in the Egyptian desert has got scientists so excited
The skull of a newly discovered apex predator was unearthed at a remote dig site near the River Nile.
When fossil hunters found an ancient sinkhole in a Florida river, they couldn’t believe what was inside it
The preserved chasm contained an incredible 552 fossils, including the remains of giant sloths, huge armadillos and prehistoric horses.
New tests on rare skull from the world’s first ever bird finally settles debate on avian evolution
‘Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among palaeontologists as Vegavis,’ says lead scientist
Which plants existed in prehistoric times?
We know plenty about the dinosaurs that roamed the Earth in prehistoric times. But what do we know about the plants that the herbivores ate? Stuart Blackman explains
Meet Megarachne, the giant prehistoric spider, with a whopping 50cm leg span, that turned out to be something else entirely
Weirdest fossils ever discovered: These bizarre prehistoric oddities will have you scratching your head
You might have an idea of what a fossil looks like – but these fossils are slightly different (and will change the way you think about ancient wildlife and civilisations!)
66 million-year-old fossilised animal vomit discovered
A local Danish fossil hunter has made an unexpected discovery that has given fascinating new insights into how prehistoric animals ate – and puked
Weird new dinosaur with exceptionally long hands discovered in Mexico
The ‘long-handed Mexican dragon’ is thought to be around 73 million years old