Ever wondered if crocodiles or Komodo dragons are closer to dinosaurs? While both appear prehistoric, science reveals ...

Nowadays, dinosaurs are widely portrayed as animated, fictional characters in books and movies! In reality, these reptiles ...

Long, brown plaster teeth protrude from the top and bottom jaws of the impressive replica Tyrannosaurus rex skull. It’s the centerpiece of the Charles H. Clapp’s small paleontology exhibit, and ...

Beyond the world-famous landscapes, Arizona offers numerous unique towns and off-the-beaten-path gems that you may not have known existed. So here are 15 must-see places that will convince you that ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event.

A new model uncovers how Earth’s liquid core has sustained its magnetic field since the planet’s beginnings, offering new ...

Billions of years ago, water flowed across Mars. Most scientists agree the red planet had rivers. But did those rivers flow ...

Earth scientists often face huge challenges when researching Earth's history: many significant events occurred such a long ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

Before birds, flowering plants, and dinosaurs, there was the Permian. One UW professor shares his knowledge of the world millions of years ago.

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between ...