3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and tone of life on Earth. At the start of the period, dinosaurs ruled the loosening remnants of the ...

You might know the Cretaceous Period for big animals such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, or for being the end of the age of dinosaurs. But what was the world like in the millions of years ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...

Entombed in stone for 113 million years, this ancient insect is the oldest ant specimen known to science. It’s a new species that belongs to an extinct subfamily of ants called Haidomyrmecinae – ...

Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food and shelter.

Newly discovered 140-million-year-old tracks rewrite the history of African dinosaurs and reveal how earthquakes preserved ...