During this period, Earth's climate changed from hot and dry ... Warm, moist, tropical breezes. This was the Jurassic, which took place 199 to 145 million years ago. At the start of the period ...

To account for the numerous gaps in the fossil record, they treated the parts of the world where fossils have not been ...

It’s possible that the release of huge amounts of sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide significantly disrupted Earth’s climate. Up to 80% of all species died out as a result. But dinosaurs survived and ...

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

It is clear that human curiosity to want to know everything that happened on our planet millions of years ago is something ...

Lush vegetation grew in the Jurassic Period, providing plenty of food for plant-eating dinosaurs ... The first snakes evolved during this time, and by the end of the Cretaceous, flowering plants were ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 years, isn’t a new species. It is an odd specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri.

Paleontologists in China have unearthed a new dinosaur fossil, which belongs to a previously unknown species from the Early Jurassic period. Back in 2015, experts recovered the fossilized remains ...

Groundbreaking discovery in East China's Fujian province reveals the oldest confirmed bird fossil from the Jurassic period. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] Groundbreaking discovery in East China's ...