Scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a 67 million-year-old dinosaur fossil hidden under their ...

The Cretaceous Period lasted for nearly 80 million years. Discover what the climate was like in this geological period, where the continents were and what animals and plants lived on them. Find out ...

CT scans of Cretaceous fossils reveal seven ancient worm species that bored into marine bones and shaped deep-sea ecosystems.

The post Newly Discovered Mammal Lived In The Late Cretaceous Period And Was Larger Than Any Other Species Found first on TwistedSifter. The Late Cretaceous period was 100.5-66 million years ago ...

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 ...

The researchers named the lizard Bolg amondol, paying homage to the goblin prince Bolg from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.Dr. Hank Woolley from the Dinosaur Institute, the lead author, chose the name to ...

University of Texas researchers led a study identifying dinosaur fossils found in Patagonia, a region spanning southern Argentina and Chile, providing new insights into the period of time right ...

Glaciers in Chile’s Patagonia region have been melting in recent years, exposing fossils underneath. Judith Pardo-Pérez, a ...

The team of researchers discovered a large number of squid fossils from rocks of the late Cretaceous period using a technique ...

An LMU team has studied the biodiversity of larvae from the insect order neuroptera over the past 100 million years.

The Cretaceous Period witnessed a remarkable diversification of marine reptiles, among which plesiosaurs featured prominently. These secondarily aquatic reptiles adapted to a range of ecological ...

Krohn Conservatory went back in time for its new summer show. 'First Flowers' features flowers with prehistoric roots and man-made botanical sculptures.