Trawlers off Taiwan caught a deep-sea predator with “very large” eyes and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Around an island off mainland Taiwan, shrimp trawlers hauled ...

Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound — that’s a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, sebecids were top predators until they went extinct during the Miocene.

Half a billion years ago, a feisty predator flapped around the primordial seas, hooking prey into its mouth while breathing through long gills on its butt. Researchers recently discovered this 506 ...

Dinosaurs often steal the spotlight when it comes to terrifying prehistoric creatures, but they were far from the only fearsome beasts to roam the Earth. From enormous sea predators with jaws that ...

About 360 million years ago, the shallow sea above present-day Cleveland was home to a fearsome apex predator: Dunkleosteus terrelli. This 14-foot armored fish ruled the Late Devonian seas with ...

Nicknamed the “king of the kelp forest,” giant sea bass are among scuba divers’ favorite characters to spot off the California Coast. But very few of these charismatic fish remain. A team led by ...

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (WFLA)— A 22-pound loggerhead sea turtle was returned home after being rescued off the Florida Keys. Lenny, the giant sea turtle was found in distress by underwater photographer Mike ...

Fandom — and possibly fear — of the fierce fish is likely to surge once again with Discovery Channel’s week-long programming on everything sharks, a television tradition that started back in the 1980s ...

Researchers discovered a prehistoric ecosystem filled with giant marine reptiles, revealing an unparalleled level of food web complexity. Predators that dominated the oceans 130 million years ago were ...