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

The curious minds at What If transport us to the Paleozoic Era and envision what life would be like in this ancient period.

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

Fossils show that giant dragonflies and huge cockroaches were common during the Carboniferous period or the late Paleozoic Era. So, what caused these creepy-crawlies to grow so large, and why aren ...

Embedded in the slab’s fine sandstone are delicate imprints: long toes ending in sharp claws, left by an animal that trotted ...

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