Squids first appeared about 100 million years ago and quickly rose to become dominant predators in the ancient oceans, according to a study published in the journal Science.

The collection included the remains of several embryos as well as hatchlings. Findings regarding this collection have been published in Science.    Examinations of the fossils indicated that birds ...

The national tour of Dinosaurs Rock brought its museum-quality experience to the Nevins Library in Methuen on Tuesday, with a ...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 ...

Early pterosaurs loved temperate and humid habitats – and it might explain why their fossils are hard to find today.

Nothing quite fits the moniker “gentle giant” more than sauropods. These gargantuan dinosaurs could reach up to 123 feet long and weigh up to seven tons. Sauropods have long been believed to be ...

Squids first appeared about 100 million years ago and quickly rose to become dominant predators in the ancient oceans, according to a new study ...

Learn more about the fossilized stomach contents of a 100-million-year-old sauropod and what this finding teaches us about ...

Fossils hidden in an attic for a century offer a rare glimpse into the reproductive biology of trees that lived alongside ...

An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric creatures’ extinction wasn’t inevitable.

The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil record from that time rather than a genuine ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to the harsh Arctic winter, or migrate south during the ...