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415-million-year-old fossils confirm the world’s largest scorpion was a meter-long apex predator that may have hunted on land and underwater

Museums are home to many mysteries. For all their labels and information panels, there remain specimens that elude ...

Genome study shows what made the extinct Ice Age cave lion unique

By Will Dunham June 4 (Reuters) - The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory ...

60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.
Forbes

A Biologist Explains How Prehistoric ‘Terror Birds’ Earned Their Name

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex ...
The Conversation

129,000 years of crocodiles: what we know about Australasia’s ancient apex predators

The sight of a saltwater crocodile basking on a mudbank is one of the most iconic and intimidating images of northern Australia. Yet the crocodiles that inhabit the region today are just the survivors ...