We will look at the extinction events that took place during that era and how those events ultimately created the world we live in today ... dominated by whale-sized marine reptiles. In the Cretaceous ...

ULAANBAATAR: A previously unknown species of ancient mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period, about 90 million years ago, has been recorded for the first time in Mongolia.

The researchers then estimated the likelihood of each of the dinosaur clades occupying the different grid cells at four time points within the final 18 million years of the Cretaceous period.

The study, published today (April 8) in Current Biology, examined the North American fossil record from the last 18 million years of the Cretaceous period, between 84 and 66 million years ago. At ...

DALLAS (AP) — Sidney Crosby had three goals and an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Dallas Stars 5-3 on Saturday. Bryan Rust and Blake Lizotte also scored to help the Penguins ...

New research from the University of Bristol provides evidence that many mammals were already shifting toward a more ground-based lifestyle leading up to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction that wiped ...

A new map by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS ... These two countries hold 88% of the world's total nuclear weapons. Are nuclear weapon stockpiles increasing or decreasing? The total number ...

world No. 140 Eala also won the respect of the world and put the Philippines on the Tennis map. And how could the 5-foot-9 Eala not when she defeated three Grand Slam winners in a single run — a first ...

Paleontologists studied 16 specimens of the tiny wasp preserved in amber dating back to the Cretaceous period that was previously unearthed in Myanmar. The previously unknown species, now named ...

Others seem woven out of fantasy: translucent white ghosts, blooms born of fire The world’s oldest known ... deep in Europe’s lakes, in the Cretaceous period, about 130 million years ago.

An expert has shared what would happen to the US if all glaciers melted overnight. As the world warms, the sub-zero reserves of water at the north and south poles are gradually deteriorating ...