Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 million to 230 million years ago in the Triassic Period, and went ...

New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be written in the stars.

Supernovas are powerful explosions marking the death of massive stars. They spread elements like carbon, calcium, and iron ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

But the new 'Microlightning' theory opens the door to these chemical reactions happening all the time and everywhere there was water on prehistoric Earth. Professor Richard Zare, from Stanford's ...

In 2021, a team led by Dr Gary Kinsland of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette found evidence that the impact and ...

It’s hard to imagine that some creatures on Earth have survived for millions of years. While many species have come and gone, ...