"This would have been one of the largest animals alive at the time," added ... The period in question is the Great Ordovician Biological Diversification Event when many diverse marine forms ...

Sloan said the biggest change in geology over the past four decades was ... Sloan’s research accomplishments include the discovery of the oldest fossil of a hoofed animal as well as the oldest fossil ...

They play a key role in coastal ecosystems. Researchers have now characterised the genomes of 60 brown algae species around ...

Then, during the Ordovician period, the region became a landmass ... According to the official definition, dinosaurs are extinct animals that had upright limbs and lived specifically on the land about ...

If you’ve ever seen an elephant or a giraffe up close, you know those animals can seem massive, but would you believe that ...

An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic ...

Blue whales are not only big, but they are also considered the largest animals to have ever inhabited the planet. These marine giants, which can be found in all of the world's oceans except the ...

There are scores of free agents still looking for work, and teams have much work to do, too. But we are just days from pitchers and catchers reporting, so it’s time for our annual winners of ...

Nearly 20,000 live animals have been seized with 365 suspects arrested in the largest-ever wildlife and forestry operation, Interpol said Tuesday. Thousands of endangered or protected species have ...

and they're obviously against the slaughter of animals in use for food. But it just so happens that Denver is home to the second largest lamb processing plant in America. So for us, it was a huge ...

Scientists put their “stamp” on prehistory after discovering a massive dinosaur footprint in Mongolia said to have belonged to one of the largest two-legged animals ever to roam the Earth.