Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel brought prehistoric monsters to life. Crichton spoke to the BBC about why dinosaurs continue to fascinate us.

For millions of years, large herbivores like mastodons and giant deer shaped the Earth's ecosystems, which astonishingly ...

There were several species of prehistoric alligators, including the giant Deinosuchus, the strong, turtle-eating ...

A newly discovered velvet worm species is the first ever found in South Africa's arid Karoo region. In March 2022, ...

Litoria tylerantiqua, a 55-million-year-old fossil, is Australia’s oldest known tree frog. It shifts the timeline for frog ...

Scientists are using fossils to help uncover how ancient life survived mass extinction, offering insights for modern ...

“Fossils deposited in hot, dry and arid places, such as large parts of Australia, lose their collagen very early…. The major ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago.

The species exists only on a single island. Researchers stunned after rediscovering thought-to-be-extinct 'living fossil' in ...