A prehistoric Equisetum horsetail plant that survived 400 million years produces oxygen isotopes and water with an extreme chemical signature ...

The herbivorous dinosaurs of the Mesozoic are often imagined as peaceful giants, but their true nature is more complex.

Long before mammals dominated the land and even before the most famous dinosaurs appeared, Earth was home to a wide variety ...

New findings suggest humans mastered fire far earlier than believed, transforming diets, social life, and survival in ancient ...

Discover the untold stories of Earth's mass extinctions through NBC's new series Surviving Earth, premiering June 4. Get a ...

When the asteroid ended the age of non-avian dinosaurs, it cleared ecological space on a global scale. Small survivors ...

For millions of years of existence, dinosaurs' extinction was not as a result of their size, strength, or ferocity, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have unearthed prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the first time, offering an unprecedented ...

It had quite an impact — striking with the force of 10 million atomic bombs. Sixty-six million years ago, the asteroid that slammed into what is now the Yucatán Peninsula caused a mass extinction ...

While the Jurassic Park franchise mainly contains Cretaceous period dinosaurs, going into earlier eras like the Triassic could reinvigorate the films.