Animals
Allosaurus
Description and Size Allosaurus fragilis is a species whose Greek translation is “different lizard.” It is considered a main part…
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Anomalocaris
About half a billion years ago, life on earth was restricted to the sea. The planet was home to several…
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Styracosaurus
Description & Size Styracosaurus is a genus that translates into a spiked lizard. It was found in the year 1913…
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Repenomamus
The Repenomamus was discovered in the year 2000. Its name, in Latin, means “reptile mammal.“ Classification Repenomamus is a genus…
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Diplodocus
There are so many diplodocus fossils that it is one of the best-studied dinosaurs, and a favorite for its whip-cracking…
Mammoth
Frozen Baby Mammoth Discovered in Yukon
Woolly mammoths might seem ancient, but compared to other “prehistoric” creatures like dinosaurs, they died out fairly recently. While most…
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Was This Gigantic Dinosaur Really Prey For The T-Rex?
The Cretaceous Period saw the existence of one of the most voracious prehistoric animals, the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were prehistoric reptiles…
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T-Rex Was A Theropod; Discover 9 More Small Armed Meat Eaters
If you’re familiar with the Jurassic Park movie series, you know the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Scientists classified the T-rex as a…
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Discover The Ancient Spiked Lizard That Made Stegosaurus Look Soft
The Stegosaurus was known to be a pretty tough dinosaur with protective plates and spikes on its tail. But then,…
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Discover the Ancient ‘Fishapod’ That Could Walk on Land
You’ve probably heard of several land animals that could swim. You’ve also read about several reptiles that could live on…
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Discover The Ancient Shark Fish With A Buzz Saw Jaw
If you’ve seen the movie Jaws, you know about terrifying sharks. For sharks like the great white, their teeth are…
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Terror Bird
The aptly named Terror Bird was a feathered predator that ruled the forests and plains of South America shortly after…
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Discover the 30 Foot, Armored Sea Monster With a T-Rex Bite
Many fearsome creatures have come and gone throughout the earth’s long history. The mass extinction of the biggest and fiercest…
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Yes, Dire Wolves Were Real. And They Were Terrifying
The dire wolf is a prehistoric canine that lived in the Americas and some parts of Asia between 125,000–9,500 years…
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Discover the 23-Foot, Gigantic Ancient Crocodile With Fins
Since appearing on BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs series, the Liopleurodon (Lie-oh-ploor-oh-don) doesn’t need much introduction. However, that series also strengthened…
Dinosaurs
Therizinosaurus vs. T-Rex: Who Would Win in a Fight?
In the movie Jurassic World Dominion, we get to see an unlikely “partnership” between two amazing and ancient predators. Near…
Dinosaurs
Meet Quetzalcoatlus: The 50-Foot Flying Pterosaur in Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Dominion introduced us to a lot of new dinosaurs that many of us had never seen before. Among…
Dinosaurs
The 9 Most Dangerous Dinosaurs in Jurassic World Dominion
The Jurassic World movies regularly show what would happen if dinosaurs and humans were to come into contact, often with…
Dinosaurs
Meet Therizinosaurus: Jurassic Park’s Newest ‘Nightmare Predator’
In the latest Jurassic World movie, viewers were introduced to a total of 10 new dinosaurs. Of those, two stand…
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Discover the 15ft Top Predator With a Giant Sail From 295 Million Years Ago
You probably know about Dimetrodon because you read about it in a dinosaur book or found a plastic toy in…
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Discover the 3ft Giant Shrimp and Jellyfish Hybrid From 500 Million Years Ago
This animal belongs to the category of evolution’s apex predators. It existed at the start of the evolution of life…
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Meet The Dinosaur That Looked Like Bowser From Mario, With Giant Spikes
While it may not have kidnapped Princess Peach or gone up against Mario, the spiked Polacanthus was the spitting image…
Dinosaurs
Was Spinosaurus Bigger than Giganotosaurus?
There is always a new top predator in each of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies. In the original…
Animals
Megatherium
Looking at present-day sloths, it’s hard to imagine that at one point a giant slot—the Megatherium—was among the biggest land…
Dinosaurs
The Absolute Largest Dinosaur in Jurassic World Dominion
Each Jurassic World film always introduces new dinosaurs, but when Jurassic World Dominion was released we got to see an…
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Jurassic World Dominion Introduces 10 Exciting New Dinosaurs
Jurassic World Dominion is officially out on big screens, and people are already asking what kind of dinosaurs are in…
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The 4 Largest Dinosaurs in Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Dominion is the most recent addition to the growing empire that is Jurassic Park. The movie, released in…
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Hyaenodon
Hyaenodons are ancient carnivorous mammals that ruled the land in their day. The Hyaenodon was one prolific genus that lived…
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Meet the Azhdarchid, The Largest Ever Predator To Fly
The Azhdarchidae is a group of species from the order Pterosauria. “Pterosauria” literally means “winged lizard” in Greek. Some of…
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The Cretaceous Period: Major Events, Animals, and When It Lasted
A fossil from British Columbia, originally discovered in the 80s, has finally been identified as a new species named Traskasaura…
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Ichthyosaurus
There are already some fearsome predators swimming around our oceans. Now, imagine a dolphin-like creature with giant eyes that could…
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Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx is the genus and common name for a dinosaur with features like a bird. 4 Amazing Facts: The archaeopteryx…
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Spinosaurus
A Spinosaurus lived around 90-100 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. Their fossils were first discovered in Egypt by…
Largest Ever “Dragon of Death” Fossil Discovered
Scientists recently discovered the fossils of one of the largest pterosaurs on record. In a research paper published recently in…
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Discover the Ancient Predator That Came Before the Velociraptor
Herrerasaurus is the archosaur that arrived even before the popular velociraptor. This ancient reptile was a vicious predator. But it…
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Pterodactyl
Pterodactylus is a genus that comes from the extinct group of Pterosaurs and is now commonly referred to as the…
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Suchomimus
The dinosaur known as the “crocodile mimic” was incredibly fearsome in appearance. This dinosaur could get up to 36 feet…
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Platybelodon
Can you imagine an elephant with a scoop-like jaw and a stubby trunk? That’s exactly what the extinct Platybelodon looked…
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Troodon
The Troodon is a dinosaur that is distantly related to the feathered friends we see today. These prehistoric animals resembled…
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Compsognathus
It’s not every day we think of a dinosaur as cute, but the Compsognathus may be the exception. This carnivore…
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Amargasaurus
Have you ever seen a complete skeleton of a brand new species of dinosaur? When paleontologists discovered the Amargasaurus in…
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Megalania
The indigenous peoples of Australia likely encountered Megalania over 40,000 years ago. Description & Size Megalania, which means “Giant Romer”…
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Short-Faced Bear
Ancient bears are some of the most fascinating creatures of the prehistoric world, and the North American Short-faced Bear was…
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Microraptor
Loosely translated from Greek, the Microraptor’s name means “small thief.” Scientific Classification and Evolution Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Clade Dinosauria…
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Velociraptor
What dinosaur was named the “swift seizer” and had a vicious hindfoot claw that could tear into its vulnerable prey?…
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Discover The Ancient Creature That Hunts Like a Shark and ‘Vacuumed’ It’s Prey
This ancient fish belongs to a genus that evolved during the Devonian period. They evolved armored features, which reflects the…
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Discover the Ancient Sea Scorpion with a Deadly Spiked Tail
Ancient sea scorpions belong to a group of large arthropods called eurypterids. These ancient animals are the largest arthropods in…
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Meet The 370 Million-Year-Old Four-Legged Fish That Walked On Land
During the Devonian period, creatures of the sea, like Ichthyostega, evolved to move and live on land. This period is…
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Pteranodon
Flying dinosaurs are some of the most fun to learn about. The popular Pteranodon is one of the best examples…
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The Jurassic Period: Animals, Plants, and When It Happened
Many people associate the Jurassic period with the fearsome dinosaurs from the movie Jurassic Park. While the film franchise certainly…