Twenty-seven massive vertebrae uncovered in Gujarat reveal an extinct ambush predator that rivaled the largest snakes ever ...

Researchers have identified Vasuki indicus from fossils unearthed in Gujarat as one of the longest snakes ever known. The find broadens evidence of giant prehistoric snakes in India and its ancient ...

The deep sea, which is typically defined as depths of at least 200 feet, is home to 90% of marine fish life, but the fishes that inhabit it are poorly represented in the fossil record. Whole body fish ...

Reconstruction of the early Cambrian seafloor, depicting colonies of Protomelission gatehousei and Dayingomelission hexaclitia living among archaeocyath reefs in shallow seas approximately 520 million ...

A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur remains ever discovered in Antarctica. The vertebra or backbone was found in 1985 by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is the first evidence of dinosaurs ever collected from Antarctica. (Barrett et al. 2026/Natural History Museum) A fossil that ...

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer. The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur.

This video follows the discovery of Titanoboa, a massive prehistoric snake found in Colombia’s Cerrejón coal mine after fossils were first mistaken for other animals. Scientists eventually identified ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A bone found in a drawer has turned out to be a ...

Dr Mike Thomson’s 1985 geological field notebook next to the dinosaur fossil vertebra found in Antarctica. Credit: British Antarctic Survey A fossil collected on James Ross Island in 1985, then stored ...