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'Surviving Earth': NBC will recreate mass extinction events in series from 'Walking with Dinosaurs' creator

Our planet has gone through a number of extinction-level events and yet, life always finds a way.

By Josh Weiss | 

3 months ago

This killer Cretaceous croc literally ate an entire dinosaur

Crikey, that's quite a bite.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

7 months ago

Bacteria has been attacking us for two billion years, before we had mitochondria

They were running at us before we even had our evolutionary shoes on.

By Cassidy Ward | 

7 months ago

The Blood Eagle of Viking lore was extremely grisly, but was it possible?

If you just ate, turn back now.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

7 months ago

Flash-osaurus? Some carnivorous dinosaurs were way faster than T. Rex

The fastest speed a human has ever reached is 27.5 mph. Some theropod dinosaurs could accelerate to 27.7 mph.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

9 months ago

How did an entire civilization get wiped off the face of the Earth?

The ancient Liangzhu culture of China mysteriously disappeared 4,400 years ago, and now we know why.

9 months ago

Chimps? Nah, this mysterious human ancestor walked more like a bear

What left behind mysterious footprints millions of years ago? It wasn't a bear but a human ancestor.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

9 months ago

Cataclysmic rainstorms drowned ancient Earth - could global warming bring them back?

Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth heated up so much that it experienced devastating rain.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

10 months ago

Bizarre trilobite eyes are nightmare fuel emerging after almost 400 million years

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

11 months ago

Turns out human DNA isn’t really that human after all

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago