A Whale with the Wrong Kind of Smile
A Whale with the Wrong Kind of Smile Modern sperm whales are already difficult to imagine at full scale. Adult…
Science Mystery
The Dragon That Did Not Need Wings: Megalania
The Dragon That Did Not Need Wings: Megalania Australia’s prehistoric landscapes contained animals that would feel almost fictional today. Giant…
The Giant from the Coal Forest: Arthropleura
The Giant from the Coal Forest: Arthropleura More than 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs appeared, something enormous moved…
The Danger Beneath the Surface: Deinosuchus
The Danger Beneath the Surface: Deinosuchus When people imagine the most dangerous predators of the dinosaur age, they usually picture…
The Ancient Fish with a “Circular Saw” Mouth
The Ancient Fish with a “Circular Saw” Mouth Long before dinosaurs ruled the Earth, a strange predator cruised the prehistoric…
The object that did not look important at first
The object that did not look important at first In 1901, divers recovering artefacts from an ancient shipwreck near the…
A monster snake hiding inside a coal mine
A monster snake hiding inside a coal mine The fossil was not discovered in a jungle. It was found inside…
The prehistoric fish that became an icon
The prehistoric fish that became an icon For decades, Dunkleosteus terrelli has been one of the most intimidating creatures in…
The predator that should have disappeared completely
The predator that should have disappeared completely More than 80 million years ago, the oceans were filled with animals that…
The Fossil That Refuses To Behave
The Fossil That Refuses To Behave Some prehistoric creatures are mysterious because they were huge. The Tully Monster is mysterious…