Sixty-six million years ago, a catastrophic asteroid impact wiped out 75% of Earth’s species, bringing an abrupt end to the ...

An asteroid impact triggered the K-Pg mass extinction, wiping out the non-avian dinosaurs, ending the Age of Reptiles, and ushering in the Age of Mammals. But why was it the mammals who ...

"Many of them had feathers, [so] they could insulate themselves just like mammals can," Brusatte said. In addition, some ...

Dinosaur extinction shaped fruit evolution, influencing diets and ecosystems, including those of human ancestors.

Scientists in Spain have uncovered a 270-million-year-old fossil of a Gorgonopsian, a predator linking reptiles and mammals.

Deep within the limestone cliffs of Majorca, scientists have uncovered a 270-million-year-old fossil that challenges our ...

Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of not one, but two apex predator groups coexisting in ancient Victoria, Australia.

Learn how the extinction of dinosaurs around 66 million years ago caused seeds to grow larger, filling in an important piece ...

Research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology has unveiled a landmark discovery—fossils of the world's ...

A landmark discovery has revealed the previously-unknown existence of a large apex predator on the prehistoric Australian ...