A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart—genetically speaking. The ...

Tyrannosaurus Rex Tyrannosaurus rex arose during the Cretaceous period about 85 million years ago, and thrived as a top land ...

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 ...

Cretaceous-era global heat likely caused a genetic split between Northern and Southern Hemisphere lampreys, offering new ...

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 ...

A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart - genetically speaking.

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 ...

Until now, there were questions about the Asian climate during this time, commonly referred to as the Cretaceous period. Peter Cawood, a Professor of geology in Monash University's School of Earth ...

Based on a new study, scientists from Utrecht University and the University of Manchester show that while the volcanism caused a temporary climate ... the end of the Cretaceous period.

Geologists have for the first time determined how coastal mountains in eastern Asia formed, resulting in significant changes to the continent's climate more than 100 million years ago. Until now ...