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If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age. It was an ...

A giant dinosaur walked in a tight loop 150 million years ago. Its rare footprints reveal turning behavior, uneven steps, and ...

Scientists have reconstructed the most complete and lifelike profile of Edmontosaurus annectens thanks to an extraordinary ...

When Ray Morton talks about King Kong's untold history, he's tapping into something that hooked him when he was a child and never let go. “I’ve loved Kong for as long as I can remember,” he says. “My ...

Ripon High students engage in real paleontology research, discovering microfossils in classroom samples from a dinosaur dig ...

McGrath’s death scene instantly stood out in a movie packed with dinosaur carnage. It was the first time in the franchise a ...

We spot the first cliff early in the morning. The summer sun rises slowly, its deep indigo gradually fading into a soft peach. The world remains asleep, and we break the silence with heavy breathing ...

Iguanodon isn’t as flashy as T. rex or as massive as Brachiosaurus, but it holds a special place in dinosaur […] ...

The world changed forever 66 million years ago. The IMPACT caused the Earth to nearly melt, destroyed almost every living thing, burned everything that grows, and then the world was in darkness for ...

A turtle peeks out of the mud in Dick Monroe's pond. Photo by Dick Monroe. Who else besides me grew up watching the morning cartoon “Jonny Quest”? Dr. Quest, Race Bannon, Jonny himself, Hadji, and of ...