The following is an article reprinted from the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research. by Lorenzo L. Love Yreka, California illustrations by Peaco Todd It has often been said that the dog was the...

A pterosaur fossil found in Liaoning Province, Chi...  ..., China, yields fascinating information about the prehistoric reptiles. Scientists believe the Darwinopterus pt...

When you think of prehistoric cats, you probably think of Smilodon, the saber-t...

Scientists have unearthed the fossilized remains o...  ...ntists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a prehistoric bird with a wingspan of 17 feet! The Latin name g...

Belgian scientist Olivier Lambert has discovered a...  ...Lambert has discovered a new species of whale, a prehistoric sperm whale that was a real killer. Leviathan mel...

The Cro Magnon were said to be the precursor to the Homo sapiens, however we know very little about their religion, traditions, and way of life. What we do know is that their cave drawings were strategically placed in in...

Giants once roamed the earth, meaning many species of animals that are familiar to us have enormous extinct ancestors. Cracked looks at seven of them, some of which have been previously featured individually at Neatorama...

A strange assortment of prehistoric crocodilyform fossils have been found in Africa....

Paleontologists Bill and Kris Parsons of the Buffalo Museum of Science in New York found a dinosaur skull in Montana in 1997. In the years since, they've excavated the rest of the skeleton of a new dinosaur called Tatank...

Fossils of flying reptiles come in two versions: the older long-tailed pterosaurs and the more recent short-tailed versions. The fossil gap between the two was a mystery until 20 skeletons of a new species were discovere...