Beachgoers were stunned to find a giant squid that had washed ashore on a beach in South Africa's Western Cape province earlier this month. "It looked like a majestic prehistoric animal as I have ...

Across the world, humans have told stories of creatures so strange and powerful they blur the line between myth and reality.

A giant salamander - one the biggest ever known to prowl the forests of ancient Appalachia - is offering new insight into the region's remarkable amphibian diversity. Thanks to a fossil unearthed near ...

Researchers often rely on fossil teeth for clues about what extinct animals ate. Giant ground sloths’ teeth have been tricky to analyze, though – until now.