New fossil discoveries are forcing scientists to redraw the boundaries of ancient oceans, suggesting that some of the most formidable marine predators did not always stay at sea. From gigantic ...

For generations, Dunkleosteus terrelli, also known as Ohio’s state fossil fish, has been a familiar figure for those in the Cleveland area, regarded as one of prehistory’s great sea monsters. This ...

In May 1925, a strange decaying corpse washed ashore on Moore’s Beach, now known as Natural Bridges State Beach, in Santa Cruz. Locals who swarmed out to investigate the specimen described elephantine ...