How cool would it be to see a real life T-Rex? If only that one fatal asteroid never hit Earth.

Tyrannosaurus rex is arguably the world’s most famous dinosaur, yet paleontologists are still learning more about this giant ...

A sharp plunge in ocean calcium levels may be the missing link in Earth’s long transition from a hot, dinosaur-era greenhouse ...

The Finke River flows through sandstone cliffs and rugged terrains of central Australia, creating oasis-style landscapes and ...

Starting January 31, the Museum of Idaho invites visitors to step far deeper into prehistory with the opening of Life Before ...

Romania's Haţeg Basin has yielded a remarkable dinosaur bonebed, K2, revealing a vibrant Late Cretaceous ecosystem 72 million years ago. Hundreds of fossils, from tiny herbivores to giant titanosaurs, ...

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest living relatives: the big-eyed ratfish of the deep sea ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities challenges previous classifications paleontologists use ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

A University of Southampton study has revealed ancient ocean calcium decline drove global cooling after dinosaur extinction.

Indeed, 116 is the highest number of the critically endangered condors — which can fly 150 miles in a day and reach 10,000 ...

Each of these books can, in its own way, teach readers how to think about Earth's history, and how to apply lessons from the past to our future.