Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...

When the remains of prehistoric creatures were discovered in Europe and the United States, it opened up a vociferous debate ...

This marks the first time researchers have identified ancient beetles, flies, ants and wasps in fossilized tree resin in ...

Flight is one of nature’s greatest achievements, but how did it first begin? This video explores the evolution of flight, ...

A perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo has been found in China: little Yingliang reveals the posture of birds before birth.

Tiny flies and wasps trapped for 112 million years offer a rare window into the rise of flowering plants in the Amazon basin.

When dinosaurs were wiped out by the asteroid strike at the Yucatán Peninsula, forests were finally able to spread. Dense ...

Florida has a secret, and it’s a 37,000-acre one called Myakka River State Park tucked away in Sarasota where alligators outnumber selfie sticks and the only traffic jam involves a family of deer ...

Most of what researchers previously knew about the iconic Cretaceous dinosaurs came from their domed heads, which endured ...

For the last 20 years geologists have debated what caused the hole in the earth which is under the North Sea, off the East ...

Primates originated in cold environments, not the tropics. Their past adaptations reveal insights for conservation today.