Despite previous research, Earth's long-gone mega-reptiles probably weren't dying off before an impact winter did them in for ...

ULAANBAATAR: A previously unknown species of ancient mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period, about 90 million years ago, has been recorded for the first time in Mongolia.

Learn about the time period that took place 65 to 23 million ... in the absence of the giant mosasaurs and plesiosaurs of the Cretaceous. Squid and other soft-bodied cephalopods replaced their ...

Today it has one of the most extensive fossil records in Europe, ranging from the late Triassic period to the late Cretaceous, roughly 200 million to 75 million years ago. Fossils were first ...

From colorful splashes of lichen, to intricate geometric walls of barnacles, Alameda Point is teeming with dazzling natural ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a ...

With claws nearly the size of a human forearm and arms that looked like barbecue tongs, a recently discovered dinosaur is turning heads – and raising eyebrows. Resembling a mashup of a sloth, a ...

They belonged to the “Ornithischian”, or “bird-hipped,” dinosaur group. These dinosaurs were widespread during the Cretaceous period, but their early history remains largely unknown due to a lack of ...

Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find.

Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s ...

Near the ticket kiosks are skeletons of creatures that lived along the east coast of North America during the Cretaceous period. A mosasaur, a ferocious marine reptile, hangs from the ceiling ...

Get ready to walk through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic period and the Triassic period, and experience for yourself what it was like to be among living, breathing dinosaurs. It’s all happening ...