The bonebed contains the 21-million-year-old remains of sea cows, sharks, barracuda-like fish, prehistoric dolphins and sea ...

Discover the extraordinary prehistoric giants – from mega-sloths to monster sharks – that once made today’s animals look ...

Meet Shasta County's ancient predators, some that dwarfed Tyrannosaurus rex Ancient ancestors to squid swam in the salty water that once covered Redding Prehistoric 10-foot 'sea lizard' once lived in ...

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A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters—much like owls on land today. Subscribe to our ...

From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this documentary are simply astounding ...

A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from ...

Paleontologists have revealed a "remarkable" prehistoric creature that has been "spectacularly preserved" by fool's gold—a common name for a substance called iron pyrite. The newly identified species, ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

Like the rest of the West Coast, far Northern California was under water when early dinosaurs roamed North America. That doesn’t mean what would become Shasta County didn’t have its own amazing ...