New fossil evidence is shedding light on a colossal marine predator that once ruled prehistoric oceans. Researchers are now ...

This video explores the discovery of one of the earliest known giant predators, uncovered long before dinosaur science was ...

Most shark bites in Florida are not deadly. However, there was an unfortunate 2010 attack where a 38-year-old Stuart man who ...

When animals sleep, they're most vulnerable to predators. But despite the risks, the need for sleep is so strong that no creature can skip it altogether, even when it's highly inconvenient. Aaron ...

Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep. Sleep is universal “even though it’s actually very ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have reconstructed a 130-million-year-old marine ecosystem from Colombia and found ...

This story originally published in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an ...

A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ancient predator are helping researchers better understand Asia's enigmatic ...

The Blasted Steps is the final area in Act 1 of the main story in Hollow Knight: Silksong if you take the main path towards the Citadel. These dusty, sandy expanses are filled with dangerous creatures ...