Fossil jaws reveal giant prehistoric octopuses may have ruled ancient oceans as powerful apex predators during the Cretaceous ...

Scientists have made a startling discovery in Germany, an almost perfectly preserved fossil of a sea monster that lived 180-million years ago. Known as Temnodontosaurus, this giant marine reptile ...

Loss of species including mammoths, saber-tooth cats and direwolves has had long-lasting impacts and could tell us how ...

In addition to habitat loss and illegal hunting, the jaguar (Panthera onca) faces another threat that increases its risk of ...

Octopuses' earliest relatives may have been gigantic predators hunting during the age of dinosaurs, according to new Hokkaido ...

Cats are among the most efficient predators in the animal kingdom, shaped by millions of years of evolution to hunt with ...

A 19-metre ancient octopus may have prowled Earth’s oceans millions of years ago, reshaping what we know about prehistoric ...

A real-life kraken ruled Earth’s oceans, with new research suggesting giant octopus-like predators once sat at the very top ...