Species 'living fossils' existed since the time of the dinosaurs
Some animals appeared on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, overcoming extinction events to survive today.
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Some animals appeared on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, overcoming extinction events to survive today.
A fossil discovered in Ningxia, China, has created a debate over the past century: is the ancestor of humans and other four-legged animals a prehistoric sea monster?
According to archaeological data of scientists after the discovery of their fossils in the Midwestern United States, Cladoselache is the ancestor of the shark.
American tech billionaire Paul G. Allen claims a research ship of his organization identified the position of the wreck of USS Indianapolis in the Philippine Sea on Augu…
The organism was identified after scientists dug up a 25cm long skull including large teeth and many sharp little teeth inside.
The world's largest creatures - including whales and sharks ... are hiding in the deep sea. Even when dinosaurs still dominate the ground, the undersea has creatures of…
US scientists found a shark as big as a sharp-toothed car that once lived popularly along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts 20 million years ago.
A three-meter-long eel shark lives 300 million years ago ready to eat young animals when food sources become scarce.
The extinction of Carcharocles megalodon sharks also contains many secrets that scientists cannot find.
The 300 million-year fossil of a giant shark shows that they are nearly as long as a bus and much larger than today's white sharks.
Egyptian scientists first discovered the complete fossil of a Basilosaurus whale 40 million years old, inside is another whale.
Paleontologist Dean Lomax and colleagues at the University of Manchester in the UK have discovered a shark egg fossil dating back to 310 million years.
A 3,500-year-old ancient temple discovered by Peruvian archaeologists near the Huanchaquito Sea has shown sacrifices and decentralization in society at that time.
The image taken from the camera of the oil exploration device showed the bodies of four large marine animals crowded into a small strip of continental shelf off Angola.
Archaeologists have discovered a species of prehistoric shark not known in a limestone area in Flagstaff, USA.