Imagine a world where furry mammals scuttle under the feet of gigantic dinosaurs, not yet destined to rule the Earth. It’s a ...

Two hundred and fifty one million years ago, the worst mass extinction event Planet Earth has ever seen ruined the life of ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and the ability to birth live young ...

“We have a couple of teeth from archosaur-morph reptiles, which was the lineage of reptiles that would give rise to crocodilians, dinosaurs, and birds,” he said. “We also found partial skeletons of ...

Apr. 14, 2025 — Footprints of armored dinosaurs with tail clubs have been identified, following discoveries made in the Canadian Rockies. The 100-million-year-old fossilized footprints were ...

Amphibians have thrived on Earth for over 350 million years, surviving multiple mass extinction events including the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. Yet today, these remarkable creatures are ...

The prehistoric crocodile relative may have tolerated both freshwater and saltwater habitats, allowing it to conquer North ...

Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Full Credit at Bottom of Article The Mesozoic wasn’t just the age of dinosaurs. Reptiles of all sorts thrived through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous at ...

The massive fossil is suspected to belong to one of the most complete skeletons in the area, portions of which were ...

An in-depth assessment reveals that dozens of giant amphibians died on an ancient floodplain. Around 230 million years ago, ...

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size—from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of ...

Herbivore or Carnivore? A Toolbox for the Study of Extinct Reptiles Jan. 8, 2025 — Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores -- but how? What type of food did ...