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'Hell fish' likely killed by dinosaur-ending asteroid is preserved in stunning detailScientists recently unearthed stunning fossils of sturgeon from Hell's Creek that might have died on the day that the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck.
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Cretaceous 'terror crocodile' crushed dinosaurs with banana-size teethNew analysis of the ancient crocodylian Deinosuchus confirms that this apex predator had jaws and teeth that were powerful enough to subdue massive dinosaur prey.
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Cretaceous dinosaurs come to life in stunning footage from 'Prehistoric Planet''Prehistoric Planet,' a five-part documentary series, transports viewers into the mesmerizing world of the Cretaceous period.
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Cretaceous period: Animals, plants and extinction eventThe Cretaceous period lasted approximately 79 million years, and ended with a major extinction event about 66 million years ago.
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Giant 'dragon of death' with 30-foot wingspan unearthed in ArgentinaScientists recently discovered fossils in Argentina that belong to Thanatosdrakon. The specimens are the largest pterosaurs ever found in South America.
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'Frozen in place' fossils reveal dinosaur-killing asteroid struck in springAround 66 million years ago, springtime in the Northern Hemisphere brought disaster and mass death to Earth in the form of a giant asteroid impact that triggered a global extinction.
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164 million-year-old plant fossil is the oldest example of a flowering budResearchers in China have uncovered the oldest example of a fossilized flower bud ever.
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Darkness caused by dino-killing asteroid snuffed out life on Earth in 9 monthsAfter an asteroid struck at the end of the Cretaceous period, debris from wildfires filled the atmosphere and blocked sunlight across Earth, causing ecosystem collapse and extinctions.
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Earth tipped on its side (and back again) in 'cosmic yo-yo' 84 million years agoA new study has confirmed a longstanding theory that Earth's crust tilted to the side, and eventually back again, around 84 million years ago.
