Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact periods in history when it happened are less well known. Was it a single ...

Paleontologists have uncovered a previously unknown prehistoric mammal species that was among the largest of its time. The partial remains of the newly identified species were originally collected ...

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When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly ...

Dromaeosaurs, often called “raptors,” were among the most agile and dangerous predators of the Mesozoic Era. Armed with sickle-shaped claws and feathered bodies, they were built for speed and ...

Step back in time to the Mesozoic Era, where dinosaurs ruled the Earth. With this quiz, you’ll encounter iconic giants like the T. Rex and the Stegosaurus, clever predators like the Velociraptor and ...

Today I am interviewing my sister Melanie about her publication on the last day of the Mesozoic period, which was published in the journal Nature on February 23 2022. What exactly are the “Mesozoic” ...

New view of early bird diversification, showing the emergence of pygostyle and U-shaped furcula in the Late Jurassic and the occurrence of crown-group birds (Aves) in the Cretaceous. The timing of the ...

The Mesozoic era, traditionally renowned as the age of dinosaurs, also marks a period of remarkable innovation in the evolution of early mammals. Mammaliaforms diversified into a variety of ecological ...

When people think of prehistoric life, they tend to jump to two behemoth bookends — the towering dinosaurs of the Mesozoic era and then the woolly mammoths of the ice age. But what about the millions ...

Germany's waters once saw a recently discovered new reptile species known as the Enalioetes schroederi, best characterized as a crocodile which has dolphin-like qualities which lived around 135 ...