The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 ...

In the Mesozoic Era, there are fossils that represent both extinct groups and modern groups of animals and plants. During the first period of the Mesozoic Era (Triassic Period), many new types of ...

Scientists filming a documentary in Sardinia accidentally uncovered 165-million-year-old dinosaur footprints — the island’s ...

Their small size during the Mesozoic is better ... widespread primitive mammals of the era, were not included in the analysis. Their bones, too different, did not allow for the same conclusions.

Now, the researchers are analyzing the species, named Sirenobethylus charybdis, which exhibits an extraordinary feature: a body structure resembling that of a Venus flytrap, an iconic carnivorous ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...