The exact moment when Earth’s most catastrophic mass extinction ended the dinosaurs’ reign 65 million years ago has remained ...

This documentary explores the rise of a slender but deadly predator that helped shape the earliest age of dinosaurs.

An international scientific team has identified fossilized shark teeth in the phosphate deposits of Khouribga that point to a previously unknown extinct shark species that lived at the end of the age ...

It also paved the way for the creation of dense, topical forests and fruit-bearing plants and trees. In this gallery, we travel back in time and understand the series of events that led to the ...

A team of paleontologists identified a new species of extinct shark from Morocco’s phosphate mines. It is called Pseudocorax ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), in ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

Scientists are uncovering signs that Earth has been hit by powerful cosmic blasts that leave little trace on the surface yet unleash extraordinary heat and pressure.

This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, is sounding the alarm about a looming threat to American jobs — ...

Japan and China have both told CITES that they don’t support listing the eels. And in the U.S., the Atlantic States Marine ...

Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere ...

Speaking in the Dominican Republic, which has authorized the temporary deployment of U.S. elements, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday (November 26) the United States is aiming to ...