Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.

But here is the lower jaw. If this animal had a skull with the same proportions as ... Then it would have used its sabers like blades to slice open the soft flesh of its victim's throat.

Divers exploring Florida’s Steinhatchee River have uncovered a stunning fossil site, revealing remains buried for hundreds of thousands of years in an ancient sinkhole. What began as a routine ...

Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

This discovery, comprising a nearly complete skull, reveals that Bastetodon was a dominant predator 30 million years ago. The find offers insights into Africa’s prehistoric food chain and early ...

More than 500 exceptionally preserved fossils are offering new clues about the evolution of Florida's animals and landscape.

The discovery of such a complete skull allows researchers to learn concrete traits of the animal, such as how big muscle attachments were compared with the size of its teeth, the size of its brain ...

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight into ... big-cat creature with a strong jaw and sharp teeth that occupied the spot at the ...

The sharp teeth and powerful jaw muscles preserved on the skull suggest that it had a very strong bite. The specimen is named after the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet. Bastet ...