Great white sharks have long stood in our collective imagination as the ultimate predator in our oceans. These sizable sharks ...

WACO, Texas — A new study published on Thursday, co-authored by researchers from Baylor University, New Mexico State University, the Smithsonian Institution and several international collaborators, ...

In the cliffsides and dried-up arroyos of Northwestern New Mexico, deposits of sandstone and mudstone contain traces of a ...

Scientists have unveiled the Nadir crater, a 5-mile wide undersea structure off the coast of West Africa, believed to have been formed by an asteroid impact that coincided with the extinction of the ...

Over 99% of all species that have ever existed on Earth are now extinct. As we confront a growing number of species currently under threat, it's crucial to reflect on the incredible creatures we've ...

The Yolo Bird Alliance invites the public to enjoy two exciting November events celebrating birds, science, and community: a ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

The 67 million-year-old fossils were found in Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Fossils paleontologists initially thought belonged to a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex actually belong to a new species of ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Maybe that black cat that crossed your path wasn’t so bad after all. For the dinosaurs, an extinction-causing ...

Two T. rex dinosaurs square up for a fight in an illustration. Dinosaurs in the Cretaceous were thriving until the Chicxulub asteroid initiated a mass extinction. Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library ...