Alaska is a very large state with a rich history in terms of human settlements and prehistoric creatures. This state was home to woolly mammoths and giant marine reptiles like Megalneusaurus, but ...

One fateful day 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs — which had inhabited Earth for about 165 million years — got a nasty surprise: A roughly 9-mile-wide (15 kilometers) asteroid crashed into ...

MORE: New dinosaur discovery may be the closest relative to Tyrannosaurus rex, scientists say The findings will also help researchers enhance the understanding of macroevolution and how species ...