Earth was a terrifying place during the Cretaceous period, some 66 million to 145 million years ago. During its tail end, Tyrannosaurus rex prowled the land. And a little before that, another kind ...

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep. During the age of dinosaurs, new research shows, there ...

‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas Fossil jaws from colossal octopuses place them at the top of a prehistoric marine food chain ...

A hundred million years ago during the late Cretaceous period, the oceans were filled with giant predators, prowling for their next meal. There was the mosasaur — a giant toothy marine reptile (and a ...

Germany's waters once saw a recently discovered new reptile species known as the Enalioetes schroederi, best characterized as a crocodile which has dolphin-like qualities which lived around 135 ...

Researchers have discovered the new dinosaur species in Thailand nicknamed the "Last Titan".

Around 66 million years ago, springtime in the Northern Hemisphere brought disaster and mass death to Earth in the form of a giant asteroid impact that triggered a global extinction. After an asteroid ...

Around 66 million years ago, springtime in the Northern Hemisphere brought disaster and mass death to Earth in the form of a giant asteroid impact that triggered a global extinction. 164 ...