Fossil jaws reveal giant prehistoric octopuses may have ruled ancient oceans as powerful apex predators during the Cretaceous period.

What starts with the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs quickly becomes a journey through the entire rise of modern life on ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Disney may have its dinosaurs speaking English, but that seems almost tame compared with the startling conclusions that ...

Researchers reconstructed the Triassic food web using nothing but scat. Researchers have conducted what could be the largest study ever of dinosaur poop. The findings shed new light on how dinosaur's ...

When we think of prehistoric life, most of us picture dinosaurs, fossils, or something locked away in a museum. But not ...

Giant prehistoric insects, some with two-foot wingspans, once roamed Earth. For years, scientists believed higher oxygen ...

The Jurassic Period lasted from about 201.3 to 145 million years ago. Evolution moved incredibly fast then, as did the creatures it created. In popular culture, we tend to think of dinosaurs as slow, ...

Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a ...

A cave in the Pyrenees shows that prehistoric people repeatedly used high-mountain areas for copper mining over 7,000 years ...

A tremendous release of methane gas frozen beneath the sea floor heated the Earth by up to 13 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) 55 million years ago, a new NASA study confirms. NASA scientists ...

Long before humans, Earth teemed with extraordinary predators and giants that shaped entire ecosystems. From the bone-crushing bite of T. rex to the ocean-dominating megalodon, these creatures reigned ...

Eclipso has unveiled its third virtual reality experience this year, this one covering literally billions of years of the Earth experience in a mere 45 minutes. “Life Chronicles,” which debuts Nov. 25 ...