Rock layers deposited before and after the major dinosaur extinction event 65 million years ago are surprisingly different.

The extinction of dinosaurs reshaped rivers, forests, and landscapes—changes still recorded in the rock layers across North America.

Surely a contender for the most bizarre-looking dinosaur of them all is Yi. This small (in size and name) dinosaur from the ...

It's been 66 million years since dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and many may blame an asteroid's explosive collision with our planet for the end of the creatures' reign. But for years, scientists have ...

How different would our world be if dinosaurs were alive today? The answer is: very. Prehistoric in the present? We all love ...

So in one way, dinosaurs never went extinct; they just turned into birds. However, in the stricter sense of the word, dinosaurs had a whole combination of anatomical and behavioral characteristics ...

The researchers are not the first to propose that the space rock belonged to a group of asteroids that formed beyond the orbit of Jupiter. Their findings, however, strengthen the case thanks to a rare ...

If you’re like us, you’ve probably held both of these seemingly competing ideas in your head at the same time and were too scared to ask for clarification, for fear of being silly. With that in mind, ...

Jurassic Park made millions believe that cloning ancient animals could be possible. Today, science has made cloning a reality ...