Paleontologists in Alberta recently uncovered an incredible find: the giant skull of a Pachyrhinosaurus! This dinosaur, which lived over 70 million years ago, was discovered near Grande Prairie in ...

The longer we wait, the more difficult it is to reverse climate change. This is because climate change builds upon itself.

Footprints of tail-clubbed armored dinosaurs, ankylosaurids, have been discovered for the first time, thanks to fossil ...

Researchers examined teeth and skulls of 99 extinct crocodylomorph species and 20 living crocodylian species to reconstruct their dietary ecology and identify characteristics that helped some groups ...

For the first time, paleontologists have identified fossilized footprints of ankylosaurid dinosaurs, the tail-clubbed ...

A reanalysis of paleomagnetic poles provides tighter bounds on the style and rate of motions of our whole planet with respect ...

By Stephen Beech Crocodiles' ability to eat almost anything helped their ancestors survive two mass extinctions, suggests new ...

For scientists and conservationists, knowing how species survive planetary crises can lead to more effective protection of vulnerable species.

Who knew a tortoise could feel through its shell? Find out why most of what we think we know about tortoise shells is ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's swampiest corners for millions of years. But their evolutionary history tells a ...

Researchers examined teeth and skulls of 99 extinct crocodylomorph species and 20 living crocodylian species to reconstruct their dietary ecology and identify characteristics that helped some groups ...