The Chicxulub crater, located off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, is one of the most significant geological ...

Multiple sirens have been heard in and around Kansas City Tuesday warning of tornadoes, with one already confirmed on the ...

Scientists are using fossils to help uncover how ancient life survived mass extinction, offering insights for modern ...

The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience ...

Each unit in the multi-lesson curriculum is packed with play-based learning moments that teach kids about paleontology, dinosaur diets, habitats, and even big-picture concepts like extinction and ...

2025 — More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has ... From Dinosaurs to Birds: The Origins of ...

A rare stegosaurian skull discovery in Spain redefines dinosaur evolution and unveils a new group, Neostegosauria.

Fossils from Scotland’s East Kirkton Quarry are now dated to 346 million years ago, offering rare insight into vertebrate ...

May 27, 2025 — Researchers conducted a systematic review of 99 scientific publications that compared the flora or fauna of old-growth forests, managed forests and clearcut sites in boreal Europe ...

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