Roughly 37 miles east of Flagstaff, Meteor Crater—formally known as Barringer Crater—was formed approximately 50,000 years ago by a 150-foot-wide iron meteorite. As one of the best-preserved impact ...

In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map.

How does it take for an animal to make its mark in history particularly when its bones are as delicate as a potato chip? Eotephradactylus mcintireae’s answer is a mix of volcanic ash, river ...