When searching for exoplanets with potentially habitable atmospheres, astronomers really only have Earth as an example of what to look for. But a new study says that a past era of Earth may be a ...

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Today I am interviewing my sister Melanie about her publication on the last day of the Mesozoic period, which was published in the journal Nature on February 23 2022. What exactly are the “Mesozoic” ...

International researchers say they discovered a new species of snail in a piece of amber that is around 99 million years old. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cretaceous Research ...

Paleontologists have uncovered a previously unknown prehistoric mammal species that was among the largest of its time. The partial remains of the newly identified species were originally collected ...

Around 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid smashed into the Earth, marking the beginning of a mass extinction event during which three quarters of the plant and animal species on our planet are ...

Humans’ fascination with dinosaurs goes back at least 2,000 years to Chinese writings describing what were thought to be massive dragon bones. In the 17th century, an English museum curator discovered ...

– Time period with the most fossils: Holocene (31 fossils) The Mesozoic period, which is notorious for eroding fossils rather than actively depositing them, was not kind to Illinois despite the area ...

Fossil evidence reveals a surprising diversity in dinosaur parenting. Some species, like Maiasaura, exhibited strong maternal care, feeding and protecting their young. Others, such as sauropods, ...