An extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Jurassic period seems to have had quite the penchant for ...

When most people think of the Jurassic period of the Earth, they picture massive dinosaurs. What they don’t often think about ...

The Cretaceous period is one of the most crucial times in the Earth’s evolution. The division of the supercontinent, Pangaea, into Laurasia and Gondwana resulted in more diversity among animals ...

Enigmacursor darted around North America in the Late Jurassic 145-150 million years ago and its skeleton is now on display in ...

A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters—much like owls on land today.

The first known cases of accidental choking have been discovered, dating back 150 million years, when some opportunistic fish ...

What distinguishes the growth and development patterns of early mammals of the Jurassic period? This is the question jointly investigated by researchers of Queen Mary University of London and the ...

A dinosaur from the Jurassic period is headed to the auction block. This juvenile Ceratosaurus was discovered in Wyoming almost 30 years ago. It's 6 feet tall and consists of 139 original fossil bone ...

What distinguishes the growth and development patterns of early mammals of the Jurassic period? Paleontologists have been able to gauge the lifespan and growth rates of these ancient animals, and ...

In the middle of the Jurassic Period, small mammals had much longer lives than their modern counterparts, and spent years instead of weeks being cared for by their parents. This suggests that at ...

A beetle Leaf beetles appeared in the Jurassic Period, while ground and rove beetles appeared a bit earlier, in the Triassic Period. Other insects present in the Jurassic include flies, crickets and ...

A trace fossil of 66 dinosaur footprints has been uncovered in Australia, providing a rare snapshot of dinosaur behavior and abundance from the Early Jurassic period.