Rare fossils in New Mexico reveal dinosaurs were doing just fine before the asteroid annihilated them all

New dating has revealed that New Mexico's last dinosaurs were healthy, diverse and thriving at the end of the Cretaceous ...

Rare look at the last days of the dinosaurs shows they were thriving, scientists say

A site in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico is providing a rare glimpse into the last days of the dinosaurs.Rocks ...

'Functionally extinct': After 10,000 years on the Florida coast, two key corals are dead

In a grim study, a team of nearly 50 researchers concludes that extreme ocean heat killed off two crucial coral species that ...

Scientists have just defined five sleep profiles — and some could help spot mental illness

Researchers have identified five distinct profiles that map to certain brain signatures. Each profile is tied to certain ...

66 million-year-old dinosaur ‘mummy’ skin was actually a perfect clay mask

New research in a North American “mummy zone” in eastern Wyoming reveals how giant duck-billed dinosaurs were preserved in striking detail.

Berenicea's zooid size reduction over 200 million years contradicts Cope's rule, study reveals

Body size evolution has long been a core topic in paleontological research. Cope's rule describes the tendency for body size ...