Unearth the nine massive prehistoric animals that lived before dinosaurs. Scutosaurus The shield lizard , or the Scutosaurus, arose towards the end of the Carboniferous period, around 298 million ...

The ammonites fed on the free-swimming invertebrates. Larger animals, such as the mosasaurs, fed on the ammonites. Ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, rays, and sharks appeared and ruled the oceans.

Trilobites are weird creatures — they look like giant swimming potato bugs wearing helmets, and lived on Earth for a whopping 270 million years. These armored invertebrates, whose species once ...

This hints that these animals originated prior to the mass extinction, although more fossils will be needed to confirm whether ichthyopterigians really were swimming in the seas before the ...

The Future of Pig-Swimming. Wildlife tourism—which accounts for 20 to 40 percent of all tourism worldwide—is controversial, and can be harmful to animals.

Over 250 million years ago, giant amphibians would have roamed the edges of ancient lagoons. Fossils uncovered in South Africa preserve the tracks left behind by salamander-like animals known as ...

Many marine animals travel at a depth of around three times their body depth (dotted lines). Stokes et al. 2024, Author provided (no reuse). Of course, not all swim depths are determined by energy ...

The end-Permian mass extinction was the deadliest event in Earth’s history. Also called the Great Dying, it is thought to have nearly wiped out all life on Earth 252 million years ago.

Swimming habits of gelatinous animals are inspiring underwater vehicle design. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 11 / 221128162131.htm.