Bite force is all the rage lately. This year alone paleontologists have published new bite force estimates for the largest rodent of all time and a prehistoric crocodylian heavyweight. And in the ...

An illustration of German-born fossil collector Albert Koch's "Hydrarchos" as it appeared on display. From Fowler, O.S. 1846. The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Vol. 8. New York: ...

Researchers digging in Peru's Ocucaje desert have uncovered the skull of an enormous marine predator thought to be the ancestor of modern whales and dolphins. Four feet long (1.2 meters) and lined ...

Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert. Scientists called the creature a ...

Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert. Scientists called the creature a ...

Scientists studying the fossil of a 35-million-year-old whale think they've found one of the top ancient ocean predators. The remains of a 15-metre Basilosaurus whale skeleton, which were found in ...

Analysis of its fossilized stomach contents suggests that Basilosaurus isis, an ancient whale that could grow to more than 50 feet long, swam at the top of the food chain and took its prey by the head ...

Gut contents reveal what the early whale Basilosaurus ate. If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 ...

An excavation in Egypt has revealed the last meal of a monstrous creature that prowled the oceans millions of years ago. Despite its sinuous, snake-like body and a name that means “king lizard”, ...