A mastodon bone will be on display at the Museum of Fulton County, nearly half a century after its original discovery.

"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

Millions of years ago, a large herbivore walked through an ancient valley and snacked on vegetation. The land would later become the Iberian Peninsula, and the valley the creature stood would be ...

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The legacy of "sea dogs" has welcomed two more chapters. Two new species of prehistoric sharks have been discovered by experts in the deep geological layers of the USA, according to Daily Galaxy. They ...

The “mighty” new prehistoric whale species was about 40 feet long based on the fossilized bones. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

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For millions of years, Earth was the planet of reptiles. Giant flying reptiles controlled the skies while massive dinosaurs were kings of the land. Other prehistoric animals, however, may not have had ...

Nearly 80 million years ago, a small pond oasis was home to a variety of creatures both in the water and on land. Tropical air-breathing snails lined its shores and shelled creatures lay just below ...