About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. Between about 120 million and 130 million years ago, during the ...

Some 66 million years ago, life on Earth had a pretty bad day. The infamous Chicxulub asteroid slammed into the planet. The ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and discovered they were housing species unknown to science. Between recent ...

CT scans also indicate Archaeopteryx had nerve endings in the end of its beak—part of what’s known as a bill-tip organ. Again ...

(CNN) – A new species of dinosaur with a unique characteristic was recently discovered. Officials at the Natural History Museum in London said the istiorachis macarthurae, named in honor of legendary ...

At least five specimens have been discovered of a tiny iguanodont dinosaur that could have an outsized influence on how we see the evolution of much larger relatives. Jurassic World portrayed a ...

A new species of dinosaur has been discovered after its fossil sat in a jar in a museum for 20 years. The Bolg amondol, which is named after the goblin from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, was first ...

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