Rocks formed immediately before and after non-avian dinosaurs went extinct are strikingly different, and now, tens of millions of years later, scientists think they’ve identified the culprit—and it ...

pt. 1. The conquering cold-bloods: a conundrum : Brontosaurus in the Great Hall at Yale ; Wyoming reverie: meditation on the geological text ; Mesozoic class warfare: cold-bloods versus the fabulous ...

The earliest known ancestors of turtles appeared about 220–240 million years ago (in the late Triassic period), roughly the ...

From prestigious museums and universities, to blockbuster films and toys--dinosaurs have always fascinated us. But, why? Join dino-obsessed teen James and his filmmaker father as they interview ...

When the big asteroid hit Mexico 66 million years ago, it set off wildfires, tsunamis and massive clouds of dust that darkened the skies, killed much of Earth’s plant life and triggered a chain of ...

When we think of dinosaurs, fierce giants like Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) or long-necked sauropods usually come to mind.

Most people have heard how the dinosaurs went extinct. Around 66 million years ago, a meteor likely struck the earth, killing off 80% of all species and taking non-avian dinosaurs with it. But what ...

Dinosaurs and other extinct saurians : a historical perspective : introduction / Richard T.J. Moody ... [et al.] -- The roles played by museums, collections and collectors in the early history of ...

Long-necked sauropods ruled the land during the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. These plant-eating giants appeared on every continent and grew to sizes no other land animal has matched. A key reason for ...