A study published in the the journal PLOS ONE announced the discovery of a new species of prehistoric mammal named Heleocola ...

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

The new species has been named Heleocola piceanus, with the first word in the name translating roughly to "swamp dweller" in Latin. "Heleocola, which was an ancient opossum-like animal and a ...

The known remains consist of a piece of jawbone and three molar teeth. The new species has been named Heleocola piceanus, with the first word in the name translating roughly to "swamp dweller" in ...

“We see a lot of animals that were living in the water quite happily like sharks, rays and guitarfish.” The paleontology team is credited with finding the swamp dweller fossil excavating in ...

The animal lived in Colorado roughly 70 to 75 million years ago—a time when a vast inland sea covered large portions of the American West. (Fittingly, "Heleocola" roughly translates to "swamp ...

creating a monstrous army from unfortunate humans and swamp animals. (Ostensibly, the gross gloopy guy is one of these human-swamp hybrids.) Aside from the fact that Swamp Thing is an obvious ...