Fossils found decades ago reveal extinct 3.5 million-year-old giant salamander species

In the late 1990s in the Ajimu region of Japan's Oita Prefecture, researchers discovered three fossilized vertebrae belonging ...

Thailand unearths giant new dinosaur species unlike any found before with an exceptionally long neck

A newly identified dinosaur species discovered in north-eastern Thailand has given palaeontologists fresh insight into ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Detect an Elusive Giant Squid and Many Other Surprising Marine Animals Near Western Australia Thanks to DNA in the Water

It seems like every time researchers stick their heads—or their remotely operated vehicles—underwater, they find a shocking array of animals thriving far beyond humanity’s reach. A study published in ...
Earth.com

Ice Age hunters spread across the Americas by following giant animals

Ice Age hunters spread rapidly across the Americas by specializing in mammoths and other giant animals, according to a new study.
USA Today

Giant with a very long neck. Scientists uncover new dinosaur species

A new giant dinosaur species dubbed the "Last Titan" has been discovered in Thailand, researchers announced this week. The animal is the first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat ...

Early Americans may have lived on mammoths and giant sloths, but when those animals vanished, their diets had to change

Early Americans primarily hunted large animals for sustenance and survival. This strategy provided abundant calories and fats ...