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 ...

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 ...

However, the recent discovery of fossils dating back 120 million years challenges this notion. The fossils consist of large vertebrae found in the Darwin Formation, which suggest that these colossal ...

Around 66 million years ago, springtime in the Northern Hemisphere brought disaster and mass death to Earth in the form of a giant asteroid impact that triggered a global extinction. After an asteroid ...

The Cretaceous period witnessed a remarkable diversity of clam shrimp (Spinicaudata), whose fossil record provides unparalleled insights into evolutionary history and palaeoenvironmental conditions.

Nearly 66 million years ago, a large asteroid hit Earth and contributed to the global extinction of dinosaurs, allowing the rise of mammals and leaving birds as their only living descendants.

Reconstruction of an avisaurid (e.g., A. darwini). Morphology of the tarsometatarsus suggests that these large birds engaged in raptorial behavior and could carry proportionally large prey.

The death strike of a Cretaceous "hell ant" from 99 million years ago is preserved in amber, revealing how these demonic-looking ants hunted. Buckyballs are geometric shapes previously only seen in ...

A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart -- genetically speaking. The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ...

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

What if the coffee you drink and the potatoes you eat today have a hidden survival story dating back 80 million years? An ...

During the Early Cretaceous period, 110 million to 107 million years ago, Australia was much further south than it is today. Yet fossils from several sites on the Otway Coast in Victoria show ...