Bite force is all the rage lately. This year alone paleontologists have published new bite force estimates for the largest rodent of all time and a prehistoric crocodylian heavyweight. And in the ...

Researchers digging in Peru's Ocucaje desert have uncovered the skull of an enormous marine predator thought to be the ancestor of modern whales and dolphins. Four feet long (1.2 meters) and lined ...

Analysis of its fossilized stomach contents suggests that Basilosaurus isis, an ancient whale that could grow to more than 50 feet long, swam at the top of the food chain and took its prey by the head ...

Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert. Scientists called the creature a ...

Well-preserved basilosaurus whale bones were discovered in Yazoo County, Mississippi, offering insights into the creature's life and death. The bones, estimated to be 35 million years old, show signs ...

Basilosaurus Isis was as long as a bus and bit with over 1,000 kilos of force A FEARSOME monster that stalked the seas 40million years ago feasted on sharks and baby whales. That’s according to a new ...

An excavation in Egypt has revealed the last meal of a monstrous creature that prowled the oceans millions of years ago. Despite its sinuous, snake-like body and a name that means “king lizard”, ...