During the Late Triassic, Earth's climate fluctuated dramatically, causing significant floral and faunal turnovers. These ...

Around 86 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, the Earth was home to a wide variety of formidable predators. Among these was Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, a relatively small yet ...

Fast-forward 30 million years, however, and dinosaurs dominated the planet, coming in all shapes, sizes and forms, while many of their reptilian counterparts had died off.

Did dinosaurs go extinct after a space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago, or were they already declining? ... and it seems that dinosaurs were not in good shape before the impact," Condamine said.

This graveyard of fish, mammals, insects and a dinosaur is a unique, first-of-its-kind discovery from the exact day that life on Earth changed forever, according to the study lead author Robert ...

With perhaps no coincidence that today is Valentine's Day, a new dinosaur has been found with a "heart-shaped tail." Known as Mnyamawamtuka moyowamkia ("beast of the Mtuka" and "heart of the tail ...

Millions of years after an asteroid wiped dinosaurs off the Earth, ... Fish-shaped ichthyosaurs, long-necked and four-flippered plesiosaurs, giant Komodo dragon relatives called mosasaurs, ...

If it had hit the Earth a matter of seconds earlier or later, dinosaurs could well still be doing their dinosaur thing and we would probably not exist. That’s the finding of scientists who have ...

Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck Earth at 'deadliest possible' angle Date: May 26, 2020 Source: Imperial College London Summary: New simulations have revealed the asteroid that doomed the ...

Scientists announced on Wednesday the discovery of a new long-necked dinosaur with a dazzlingly cute (and, let’s be honest, a very PR-friendly) feature: its tailbones were shaped like hearts.

Fast-forward 30 million years, however, and dinosaurs dominated the planet, coming in all shapes, sizes and forms, while many of their reptilian counterparts had died off.