Prehistoric animals are often pictured as distant fossils, yet a surprising number of species still walk, swim, and crawl across Earth with body plans that echo deep time. Strictly speaking, ...

Learn how Triassic marine amphibian fossils from the Kimberley region in Australia reveal rapid global dispersal after the ...

From horseshoe crabs to crocodiles, some of these creatures have looked about the same for hundreds of millions of years.

The Kimberley region in the northwest corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of ...

A fast-moving ancient crocodile ancestor gets a name honoring the physics teacher who inspired its discoverer.

Even palaeontologists used to digs in forbidding places might have baulked at this one, but the results more than vindicated ...

Long before dinosaurs became dominant, the Triassic world was ruled by archosaurs whose true behavior is still debated by scientists. Fossil evidence suggests these animals relied on ambush, speed, ...

Megalodon usually gets all the attention when it comes to sea monsters, but ancient oceans were full of predators just as strange and scary. Fossils tell us that long before modern sharks ruled the ...

Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth's evolutionary history, numerous mass extinctions have occurred, with five major mass extinctions being particularly ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth’s evolutionary history, numerous mass extinctions have occurred, with five major mass extinctions ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. After decades of work, the High Seas Treaty has become international law today, marking a ...