The frog Hyla sanchiangensis from eastern China is a descendant of one of three lineages that made it through Earth's last mass extinction 66 million years ago to flourish worldwide today. The ...

Some of their dinosaur-like traits are their bone structure, strong leg muscles for bipedal walking, sharp claws, and the ability to defend themselves by kicking. The Triassic-Jurassic Extinction ...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons These ancient arthropods were thriving hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs, and they kept their design through every mass extinction that followed. A hard shell, a ...

Dinosaurs weren't in decline when an asteroid smashed into Earth and wiped them out, scientists say. Instead, the idea that dinosaur diversity was declining before the asteroid struck 66 million years ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

March 20 is World Frog Day. Frogs and toads have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years, but 40% of amphibians species are now at risk of extinction, according to the latest conservation ...

Discover the untold stories of Earth's mass extinctions through NBC's new series Surviving Earth, premiering June 4. Get a ...

Read full article: 500 crashes in 5 years on this Metro Detroit freeway -- Resident calls it a ‘drag strip’ Near record low temperatures to end the work week Scientists have long debated whether ...

Paleontologists have found extensive fossil records showing the extent of this catastrophe. Many marine creatures like ammonoids and conodonts went extinct, as well as land animals like phytosaurs, ...