The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

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Read about the Jurassic extinction event that wiped out many species at the beginning of this Period and led to the rise of ...

Your city hasn’t always been where it is today — in fact, it may have been under water or roaming with prehistoric giants. A ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

New dinosaur fossil tracks on the Isle of Skye reveal that the once-balmy environment was home to both fierce theropods and massive sauropods.

US Geological Survey geologists estimated large potential for—and large uncertainty about—the amount of hydrogen ...

The Museum of Texas Tech houses fossils from the Triassic, Ice Age. Here's a behind the scenes look into the paleontology collection.

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese ...

Much of Earth's heat uptake is passed to the ocean, making ocean heat content key for understanding long-term climate ...