Paleontology

The Devonian Period, also known as the "Age of Fishes," saw the rise of a wide array of bizarre and terrifying fish. Placoderms (armored fish) and giant sea scorpions dominated Earth's oceans, and the first tetrapods moved onto land. Primitive trees emerged too, forming the world's earliest forests.

Dinosaurs are fascinating organisms. Scientists are continuing to make new discoveries about the animals. Viewing life-sized dinosaur models can be educational.

Scared of sharks? Imagine a time when they were three times the size. Here are 7 giant predators that roamed the earth millions of years ago.

Around 90 million years ago lived one of the most ferocious predators ever to have walked the earth. Here are five facts about the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Over the past two decades, many exceptional animal mummies have been discovered and studied extensively in an attempt to better understand their lifestyles. Some are so well-preserved that their muscles, skin, stomachs, and brains remain intact. This article covers two dinosaurs and three mammals.

Many people believe that fossil collecting is a hobby best suited to those with a high amount of expendable income. However, authentic, high quality fossils can actually be purchased for only $50 or less. This article discusses some of the most affordable fossils and how to make a wise purchase.

You wouldn't believe how big some of the prehistoric relatives of everyday animals really were.

Countdown of the ten largest land-based, meat-eating dinosaurs to ever inhabit Earth!

Plesiosaurs were the oddballs of the sea. But the carnivorous reptiles left behind fascinating facts!

How did dinosaurs survive with those stumpy little arms? With the useless arms taken aside, this prehistoric beast boasts some extra features. Read on for everything you need to know about Carnotaurus horns.

This article explores the life, traits, and characteristics of the dinosaur known as Velociraptor.

For a tyrant lizard king, we are left to wonder why he had those tiny arms.

Stegosaurus is one of the most well known and fascinating dinosaurs, but most people probably don't know much about these amazing prehistoric creatures.

The Year of the Herbivore

An interview with paleontologist Peter Dodson.

From Buriol's burglar to buried dragons, these are the most important dinosaur discoveries of 2016.

A recap of the trend-bucking new dinosaurs of 2015

An interview with paleontologist and geologist Gerta Keller.

Discover 5 of the most terrifying predators of the Ice Age that lived in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, the time of the megafauna.

The debate is hardly over yet, but the scales-versus-feathers controversy just gets more and more interesting. Which dinosaurs certainly had feathers, and which dinosaurs might have?

Biologists were shocked when a strange prehistoric animal was found alive in 1938. The Coelacanth was presumed extinct for 65 million years.

Who would win, the Livyatan (Leviathan) Melvillei, the massive predatory whale, or the Megalodon shark? Here's a look at what might have happened when these prehistoric sea monsters clashed.

Scientists are trying to bring extinct animals back to life by a process called cloning. The result would be de-extinction. The idea is controversial but exciting.

What makes the Cretaceous sea worse than any other in history is that there isn't just one predator to worry about, but a whole collection of them, including sharks, lightning fast killer fish and fearsome giant marine reptiles called mosasaurs.

The extinction of the dinosaurs marked the end of one era, but heralded the beginning of another. It only took the Earth a few million years to recover from the after effects of the asteroid impact, but it was a changed world. This hub profiles one small corner of that world, in a time called the Eocene...

The history of life series moves on to the period where not only complex lifeforms evolved but came to take over the world. But they didn't have everything their own way, the Paleozoic era bore witness to natural disasters that make our problems seem minute...

65 million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into the Earth. It wiped out 70 per cent of all life, including the most successful, the dinosaurs. But what if the asteroid had missed? What would the world be like today, if the dinosaurs had survived...

Have you ever stopped and wondered why all the large and dangerous animals seem to live in Africa? Or why we seem to harbour an incurable fascination with monsters? The answers to these questions could well lie in our past, where our remote ancestors lived alongside Africa's real monsters...

Here is some specific information about Smilodon cats in general, and further information in specifics regarding each species of known Smilodon that once was.

Millions of years ago, the bravest little millipede led his milli-troops out from the Rheic Ocean waters into one of Earth's first forests in hopes of escaping their predatory world. This story is based on the science of paleontology. Photos of fossils and artistic renderings accompany the story.

Whether you're walking along the shore or the vast beach of one of the Great Lakes, you may pick up what looks like a fossil and want to know more about what you're holding in your hand.

The saber-toothed cat is a well-known prehistoric creature also known as the smilodon. Though most closely related to a lion, it is frequently called a saber-toothed tiger.