The fossils, found at Big Bend National Park in Texas, belong to a group of ancient near-marsupials from the Paleocene period ...

Discover the largest ever prehistoric possum fossil found in Texas.

Paleontologists from the University of Kansas have described for the first time a species of ancient near-marsupial ...

A team led by University of Kansas paleontologists discovers a giant prehistoric predator in Texas’ Big Bend National Park.

Learn about the mass extinction event 66 million years ago and the evidence for what ended the age of the dinosaurs. ... At that point, as the Cretaceous period yielded to the Paleogene, ...

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.

A man found a rather ‘confusing’ animal on a street near his residence, which ended up sparking major curiosity among netizens. ‘Why’, you ask? Well, the animal looked somewhat like a ‘tiny dinosaur’!

After living for millions of years, the dinosaurs faced a pretty disastrous end when a HUGE meteor hit Earth. Now, all these ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

The Cretaceous period is known for the K-Pg extinction event. This event happened approximately 66 million years ago. During this time, many invertebrates and large vertebrates became extinct.