Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

Lindsay Nikole takes us on a bold, hilarious, and chaotic journey through the history of our planet, packed with bizarre ...

Rock layers deposited before and after the major dinosaur extinction event 65 million years ago are surprisingly different.

Ice Age, a five-part natural history event series distributed by Apple TV and narrated by Tom Hiddleston. Don't miss a look ...

Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, flying at 27,000 mph (43,000 km/h), slammed directly into Earth. The impact ...

Imagine a world where colossal millipedes ruled the land. Enter the Arthropleura, an 8-foot giant that dominated Earth’s ...

The physical differences between the earliest known fossils and those from the dinosaurs that lived much later suggest that animals had already been evolving for some time. Paleontologists believe ...

A set of fossilized footprints discovered in northern Arizona has revealed the silent journey of a prehistoric arachnid that ...

The reptiles had such an "immense" impact on the planet that their sudden exit led to wide-scale changes in landscapes - including the shape of rivers, say American scientists. Geologists have long ...

Though The Lord of the Rings was a fantasy novel, J. R. R. Tolkien took heavy inspiration from real-world history, especially that of medieval Europe. He wanted Middle-earth to serve as a mythological ...

The result was rivers spilled openly, without wide meanders, across landscapes. But once the dinosaurs perished, forests were allowed to flourish. The team's findings, published in the journal ...