The Jurassic Period lasted from about 201.3 to 145 million years ago. Evolution moved incredibly fast then, as did the creatures it created. In popular culture, we tend to think of dinosaurs as slow, ...

Tiny creatures that lived in the dark—either underground or below the sea floor—were the dominant life forms on Earth for much of the planet's history, a study suggests.

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago, new University of ...

The story of whales did not begin in the seas. For millions of years before beasts like the sinuous Basilosaurus lived full time in the ocean, the shorelines and estuaries of prehistoric Earth were ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed. What followed was a cascade of environmental and biological changes that ...

The Prehistoric Earth exhibit at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum is near its completion. Soon a third and final big piece hanging above our displayed fossil wall will be featuring the large ...

A rare Martian meteorite and a juvenile dinosaur skeleton are among the star attractions at Sotheby’s highly anticipated Geek Week 2025 auction in New York. This extraordinary event features 122 ...