The Jurassic period was characterized by a warm, wet climate that gave rise to lush vegetation and abundant life. Many new dinosaurs emerged—in great numbers. Above, Dimorphodon reptiles fly over a ...

Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore the environmental threats, predator dangers, and theoretical adaptations required to live during the Jurassic period.

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

A uniquely preserved ichthyosaur from the Pliensbachian period helps resolve when a major evolutionary shift occurred among ...

(CNN) — A remarkable Early Jurassic record has been hiding in plain sight for 20 years on a slab of rock displayed at a high school in Biloela, Australia, according to a new study. While researchers ...

A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in a set of fossils found in England, according to researchers. Named Xiphodracon goldencapsis, the new species is an ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Families in the Chicago area can experience prehistoric times when Jurassic Quest takes over Navy Pier. The event takes guests on a journey through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic ...

Many dinosaurs in the movies existed millions of years apart in real life. The final installment in the "Jurassic Park" series hits theaters Thursday, 29 years after the first movie stomped on the big ...

New evidence adds to a 2020 finding that dinosaurs had bone tumors and other conditions seen in modern-day vertebrates. In 2014, researchers discovered a 150-million-year-old ulna of a mamenchisaurid ...