For generations, Dunkleosteus terrelli, also known as Ohio’s state fossil fish, has been a familiar figure for those in the Cleveland area, regarded as one of prehistory’s great sea monsters. This ...

New fossil discoveries are forcing scientists to redraw the boundaries of ancient oceans, suggesting that some of the most ...

Geologists in Mississippi unearthed a large vertebra belonging to a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, a giant marine reptile from the late Cretaceous period. The discovered vertebra, potentially the largest ...

In novels like “Moby Dick” or “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” monsters exist to aggravate and impinge on human life. Science, folklore, and fiction have villainized deep sea creatures for centuries, ...

Ancient mariners' tales of the terrifying Kraken, a colossal sea monster, have been scientifically linked to the elusive giant squid, Architeuthis dux. Once feared as a ship-destroying beast, modern ...

In May 1925, a strange decaying corpse washed ashore on Moore’s Beach, now known as Natural Bridges State Beach, in Santa Cruz. Locals who swarmed out to investigate the specimen described elephantine ...