It's known for its deadly bite, but the Philippine crocodile – thought to be the rarest in the world – has a lot more to give ...

You only have to look at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent edict to Colorado forbidding us from proceeding ...

A strange crest found on ancient reptile fossils suggests birds and dinosaurs may not have the exclusive lock on feather-like ...

During the Triassic period nearly 250 million years ago, a small reptile scurried after insects in the canopy of a lush ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

Since the first sharks emerged in the world’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago, the world has gone through five major ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...

Pillars of hot rock appear to connect continental-size moving blobs at the bottom of Earth's mantle to giant volcanic eruptions at its surface.

Earth's rich biodiversity, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the highest mountain peaks, has not always been as diverse as it is today. Throughout its long history, the planet has seen several ...

Horseshoe crab. Image by Openverse. Horseshoe crabs (Limulidae) have remained virtually unchanged for over 450 million years, predating even the dinosaurs by more than 200 million years. These ...

Sixth mass extinction The most famous is the Cretaceous extinction (~66 million years ago), caused by an asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs. But the worst by far was the Permian ...