"Small animals that could shelter underground ... the world was a warmer place during the Cretaceous period than it is today, according to Climate Policy Watcher. The poles were cooler than ...

The Cretaceous period brought about the first diversification and appearance of flowering plants. Different organisms, such as insects, evolved as they took advantage of new food sources that ...

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 ...

When a 6-mile-wide asteroid struck Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period some 66 million years ago, it wiped out the majority of living organisms. Many victims were instantly fried by fires or ...

"These animals, like other lizards ... a predatory marine lizard that lived in the Cretaceous period, just south of Starkville. James Starnes Mosasaurs, a diverse group of marine lizards ...

This newly discovered titanosaur species was found in what was once a shallow pond during the Cretaceous Period ... and other organisms. Among this prehistoric treasure trove, the team uncovered ...

Exquisitely preserved fossils of a shark that thrived during the Cretaceous period appear to solve a ... on well-armoured pelagic [open-water] organisms, such as large ammonites and sea turtles.” ...