Adapted from an image by Fred the Oyster, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Many dinosaur species became extinct around 66 million years ago, but a group of living dinosaurs are ...

Herbivore or Carnivore? A Toolbox for the Study of Extinct Reptiles Jan. 8, 2025 — Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores -- but how? What type of food did ...

These species are slipping away faster than we can study them. The Center outdid itself in protecting these amazing creatures in 2012, when we made the biggest-ever move to protect amphibians and ...

Globally, 21 percent of the total evaluated reptiles in the world are deemed endangered or vulnerable to extinction by the IUCN — 594 species — while in the United States, 32 reptile species are at ...

The Triassic Period was a time of great change. Bookended by extinctions, this era saw huge shifts in the diversity and dominance of life on Earth, ushering in the appearance of many well-known groups ...

On a spring day 66 million years ago, paddlefish and sturgeon swam in a river that meandered through a flourishing landscape populated by mighty dinosaurs and small mammals at North Dakota’s ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth ... They evolved from theropods, a group of mostly meat-eaters that included Velociraptor and T. rex.