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415-million-year-old fossils confirm the world’s largest scorpion was a meter-long apex predator that may have hunted on land and underwater

Museums are home to many mysteries. For all their labels and information panels, there remain specimens that elude ...

Genome study shows what made the extinct Ice Age cave lion unique

By Will Dunham June 4 (Reuters) - The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory ...
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Scientists say this is the apex predator of the ocean (and it's not what you think)

Sharks may be known for being the greatest terror of the seas, but even they can be attacked and killed. In fact, this hunter ...
Forbes

A Biologist Explains How Prehistoric ‘Terror Birds’ Earned Their Name

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex ...
The Conversation

129,000 years of crocodiles: what we know about Australasia’s ancient apex predators

The sight of a saltwater crocodile basking on a mudbank is one of the most iconic and intimidating images of northern Australia. Yet the crocodiles that inhabit the region today are just the survivors ...

Sharon Bernstein

The grizzly bear is the state’s mascot, but the quarter-ton apex predators have been extinct in California for more than a century. In parts of the west where they do ...

Why Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the fiercest predators of all time

Named the “king of the tyrant lizards,” T. rex was built to rule. Find out how these dinosaurs lived, what made them so ...