The extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs is best known for clearing the way for the Age of Mammals on land. Scientists have long suspected that the same catastrophe also transformed life in the ...

An unexpected haul of nearly 500 fossilized fish in Egypt provides an unprecedented picture of how sea life rebounded from ...

As a 6-year-old, Andrew Simms was one of the first to slide down the dino. Now he's helping to lead the fight to save it.

A new study based on the findings of an Egyptian fossil site reveals the diverse fish communities present after the ...

When you think of dinosaurs, do you still imagine giant gray scaly beasts that went extinct? Get ready to have your mind ...

About 66 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth in a very different environment than we see today, with some creatures demonstrating indomitable power, while others thrived in different ways.

Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

One of the most devastating extinctions in Earth's history is best known for what didn't die—dinosaurs. But the end-Triassic ...

What starts with the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs quickly becomes a journey through the entire rise of modern life on ...

Most people imagine fierce dinosaurs when they think about the species that lived millions of years ago. One of the most ...

An artist's imagining of a saprotrophic fungus. (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) In the wake of the ...

In a remarkable geological find in Italy, a delicate clay layer was uncovered, marked by unusually high levels of iridium—a rare element on our planet but frequently found in meteorites. This ...