Archeology
Mosasaur sea lizard once dominated the ocean
The time when dinosaurs ruled the land, the sea lizard (mosasaur), a swimming reptile related to the modern Komodo dragon, dominated the sea.
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Archeology
Discover giant shrimp fossils, razor-sharp teeth
A giant prehistoric creature shaped like a shrimp once
Archeology
'Find the legendary city of Atlantis'
A group of US-led researchers may eventually have identified the lost city of Atlantis - the legendary city believed to be buried by a tsunami thousands of years ago in…
Archeology
Leviathan is no longer a legend
Researchers have discovered fossilized remains of an ancient whale with scary large teeth.
Archeology
Excavation of Cleopatra's property under the ocean
The new international team discovered invaluable artifacts decorating underwater palaces and temples, belonging to the Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
Archeology
'Underworld' under Yonaguni
Under the clear blue water to enchant that person is the remaining mysteries that the present human hand only touches its surface.
Archeology
Found Samurai underground aircraft aviation
After 60 years of burying the bottom of Hawaii sea, two attack submarines used by Japan during World War II were discovered near Pearl Harbor.
Archeology
Giant reptiles used to be the food of ancient sharks
The new study says that about 85 million years ago, in the shallow waters of the ocean, a large group of white sharks vied for a giant reptile of the ancient plesiosaur.
Archeology
The North Pole monster can bite the Hummer car
The huge fossil skeleton size of the newly discovered sea monster in the Arctic shows, its bite is much more powerful than the tyrant dinosaur.
Archeology
Ancient whales have legs
Studies conducted today show the first whales in the ocean swim by waving their massive hind legs.
Archeology
The cause of animal evolution halts for two billion years
Scientists around the world have recreated the chemical structure changes under ancient oceans over a long geological period, between 0.5 and 2.5 billion years ago. They…
Archeology
Explain the mass extinction on Earth 250 million years ago
A new study suggests that toxic gases that destroy the ozone layer escaping from oceans may not be the cause of the world's largest mass extinction so far.
Archeology
The meteorite 'destroying dinosaurs' is only half as expected?
The star of the dinosaur type of window clearing is probably only half as big as previous estimates.
Archeology
Two oxidation phenomena in ancient oceans explain the spread of complex life forms
According to a new study, increased oxygen and oxidation rates in deep waters around 635 to 551 million years ago could affect the increase and spread of the first compl…
Archeology
Ancient crocodiles swim like fish
Fossils of a massive amphibian with crocodile body and fish tail have been unearthed in Oregon, USA. Scientists believe that the body of the creature has been moved in t…