You might know the Cretaceous Period for big animals such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, or for being the end of the age of dinosaurs. But what was the world like in the millions of years ...

During this period, oceans formed as land shifted and broke out of one big supercontinent into smaller ones. 3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and ...

Explore the age of the dinosaurs. Discover what the prehistoric world was like and how it changed between when dinosaurs first appeared and the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Non ...

An extremely rare fossil of an ancient venomous scorpion was unearthed at China's Jehol Biota and was a key species in the ...

However, it was also incredibly fast, with an estimated speed of 60 km/h. This small, bird-like dinosaur thrived during the Late Cretaceous period across what is now North America.

Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 million years ago. 3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

Nestled in Alberta’s badlands, the Royal Tyrrell Museum houses some of the world’s most incredible fossils of prehistoric life. Indeed, life in Western Canada back then was a far cry from the ...

What comes to mind when you think of the prehistoric world? For many, it is dinosaurs, the fierce and powerful stars of the Mesozoic era, which spanned from about 251 to 66 million years ago.

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, according to a study published in Nature. The remains were first discovered ...