Series

Quaternary Earth 2.58 Million Years Ago to the Present Day Woolly mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses and saber-toothed cats were some of the most iconic animals of the Quaternary Period. From the forma... Read More...

Neogene Earth 23.03 to 2.58 Million Years Ago A scene depicting Early Neogene (Miocene) fauna, including early horses and carnivorans, as well as now extinct taxons such as entelodonts and chalicothe... Read More...

Cretaceous Earth 145 to 66 Million Years Ago An artist's impression of Cretaceous megafauna. Left to right: chasmosaurus, lambeosaurus, styracosaurus and ankylosaurus. These species were likely among... Read More...

Part 2 of Volcanoes and Our World A couple of weeks ago, we explored how volcanoes have played a critical role in the development of our planet while profoundly influencing the course of evolution. This we... Read More...

Jurassic Earth 201.3 to 145 Million Years Ago This painting illustrates a typical Jurassic scene based on fossils found in what is now Lower Saxony in Germany. The largest dinosaur is a brachiosaurus... Read More...

Part 1 of Volcanoes and Our Word Volcanoes might be known as bringers of death and destruction, but they also demonstrate that our planet is alive. They’re the most obvious indicators of tectonic activity,... Read More...

Triassic Earth 252.17 to 201.3 Million Years Ago This painting done for the background of a diorama for the Dinosaur State Park shows a typical scene from the Late Triassic with early crocodylomorphs... Read More...

Permian Earth 298.9 to 252.17 Million Years Ago A late nineteenth-century painting by famous paleoartist Charles R. Knight depicting a dimetrodon with an edaphosaurus in the background. With few l... Read More...

Carboniferous Earth 358.9 to 298.9 Million Years Ago This picture illustrates some of the most famous inhabitants of the Carboniferous swamp forests, such as the meganeura and various early amphibian... Read More...

Devonian Earth 419.2 to 358.9 Million Years Ago This painting depicts a typical Devonian landscape with archaeopteris (top-right), prototaxites (top centre) and various ferns and horsetails creating ... Read More...