Massive volcanic eruptions have been linked to the demise of the dinosaurs. However, a new climate study shows that the ...

You might know the Cretaceous Period for big animals such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops ... It was caused by a large asteroid crash-landing off the coast of Mexico, which changed the climate of ...

During this period, oceans formed as land shifted ... After a temperature spike in the mid-Cretaceous, the climate began to cool, and the tenor changed. Other creatures, such as frogs, salamanders ...

Geologists have for the first time determined how coastal mountains in eastern Asia formed, resulting in significant changes ...

New research published in Science Advances shows the sudden movement of tectonic plates that join beneath the continent about 120 million years ago resulted in the thickening of the Earth’s crust on ...

Deinosuchus lived during the late Cretaceous period, from 82 million years to 73 million years ago ... At the time, the continent was much warmer, with a coastal, tropical, and subtropical climate ...

Scientists divide the Mesozoic Era into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. During this era, the land gradually split from one huge supercontinent into smaller ones. The associated ...