Credit: pexels Fossil records show turtles not only survived the K–Pg extinction but actually expanded in diversity afterward. Their aquatic habits gave them shelter when land ecosystems collapsed, ...

Ants and other species who lived alongside dinosaurs but preserved in fossilized tree resin reveal a great deal about their ...

Everyone knows what a bird is – and pretty much everyone knows what a dinosaur is. But not everyone is aware that birds evolved from dinosaurs approximately 160 million years ago. In fact, birds and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 3D-printed version of the K. atrox skeleton found in Argentina's southern Patagonia. A hyper-carnivore, this ancient relative of ...

Evolution is an incredible process that has filled our world with a richly diverse set of species. In this sense, it is a brilliantly creative process that finds various ways to solve issues. But ...

A recent study led by geosciences professor Gerta Keller challenges the most commonly-held belief for the mass-extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. The ...

Fossil records show turtles not only survived the K–Pg extinction but actually expanded in diversity afterward. Their aquatic habits gave them shelter when land ecosystems collapsed, and their slow ...