Climate can change fast, even when the planet looks stable. Earth has flipped into new patterns within decades in the past.

New research from Adelaide University suggests the power of the ancient Tethys Ocean might have shaped Central Asia's ...

Amal Clooney is timeless in a red gown and dangling diamonds at the Golden Globes Iran's collapse or survival hinges on one ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

Researchers find that shifts in Earth’s orbit can trigger abrupt climate changes, even in warm periods without ice sheets.

Top paleontologists have discovered that mating between some species of prehistoric behemoths was so violent that they ...

An analysis of growth rings in the leg bones of 17 Tyrannosaurus rex individuals reveals that the dinosaurs matured much more ...

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign. Their abrupt extinction reshaped Earth’s ecosystems and set the stage for mammals ...

The 'spectacular' cliffs, which are free to visit, are so old that there is evidence that dinosaurs once called the area home ...

This ancient, leg-bearing snake is rewriting the story of how serpents slithered, and sometimes walked, their way through ...

A comprehensive analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils is surprising scientists with just how long these apex predators took ...

For decades, scientists have been counting annual growth rings—similar to tree rings—inside fossilized leg bones of ...