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Most people see the Central Valley as all agriculture,” one paleontologist said, but it’s a rich source of prehistoric ...
Watch: A new dinosaur that lived around 95 million years ago is discovered by scientists in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia.
About 50 million years ago, a small bird waded along a lakeshore in what today is central Oregon. A worm wriggled at its feet ...
A new study indicates the giant reptile Deinosuchus is not a close relative of modern alligators, as scientists previously ...
This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...
For David Burnham, paleontology isn’t just a science — it’s storytelling, and the stories are written in ancient creatures’ ...
Emily Warner found one while Spectrum News was recording the event. “It’s hard to picture an animal that could be something like in Jurassic Park. I am blown away because I don’t really find ...
One of the largest crocodilians that ever lived preyed on dinosaurs. New research has found the fearsome Deinosuchus had a key trait that modern alligators lack.
So, it’s likely that dinosaurs walked side-by-side with an ancient ancestor of spider crickets. Given their archaic features, ...
Imagine standing in a place where time folds in on itself—a vast landscape of mountains, valleys, forests, and rivers. Now ...
Earth was once ruled by giant reptiles. Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of tyrant lizards, crushed bones. Spinosaurus hunted in ...