For the first time, a giant alatoconchid bivalve fossil has been discovered by researchers in Central China's Hubei Province, ...

The end of Permian mass extinction occurred 251.9 million years ago, marking the close of a geological period known as ...

This desert landscape with mountains, canyons, and the world's most extensive Permian fossil reef was once a thriving sea.

Various video games feature extinct animals, predominantly dinosaurs, with creative interpretations mixing fact and fiction.

The Cambrian Explosion saw an incredible diversity of life emerge, including many major animal groups alive today ... with a warming climate and rising sea levels flooding low-lying landmasses ...

This is a clip of a Bryozoa fossil. An extinct Permian sea creature. The Bryozoa, also known as Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals, are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals Bryozoan ...

This hardened layer of ancient plant and animal remains provides a detailed snapshot ... creating the vast underground chambers of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. As sea levels dropped near the end of ...

Prehistoric battle between a Permian period reptile and giant dragonfly ... Ben G Thomas The Jaekelopterus was a sea animal to be feared. It is known as the “giant sea scorpion.” It was 8cm long, ...

The event, which celebrates culture, music and community, will feature activities such as a vendor’s market, carnival rides, the Cool Zoo, pig races, a sting ray show, a sea lion show and more.

A massive extinction event called the Permian mass extinction occurred about 252 ... were two common predatory theropods. Due to the rising sea levels, there are not as many animals in the fossil ...

At that time, much of what is now Britain lay beneath a warm, shallow sea patrolled by meat‑eating giants ... In a paper published in PLOS ONE, they proposed that the full animal stretched roughly 82 ...

There are hundreds of urchin species, and they’re found in every ocean on Earth, from the intertidal zone to more than four ...