You might know the Cretaceous Period for big animals such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, or for being the end of the age of dinosaurs. But what was the world like in the millions of years ...

3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and tone of life on Earth. At the start of the period, dinosaurs ruled the loosening remnants of the ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

A set of five fossilised small dinosaur footprints from the Cretaceous period has been discovered in northwest China’s Gansu Province. It is believed to be among the smallest known dinosaur ...

The Late Cretaceous period was 100.5-66 million years ago during a time when the Earth was dominated by dinosaurs. Living alongside these giant reptiles, however, were a variety of different types ...