Feb 19, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified the first unequivocal new species of the fish-eating dinosaur Spinosaurus in more than a century. Spinosaurus mirabilis...

Feb 9, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in China have discovered a nearly complete skeleton of a previously unknown species of iguanodontian dinosaur that preserves exceptionally...

Feb 2, 2026 by News Staff

A new genus and species of diminutive bipedal dinosaur has been identified from the fossils found in Burgos province of Spain. Life reconstuction of Foskeia...

Feb 2, 2026 by News Staff

Using newly-discovered fossils and cutting-edge imaging, paleontologists have solved the puzzle of Europe’s missing horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians),...

Jan 26, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period has been identified from the fossilized remains found in...

Jan 15, 2026 by News Staff

A comprehensive analysis of 17 fossil specimens reveals that Tyrannosaurus rex grew far more slowly than previously thought — reaching its full-grown...

Jan 12, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of paleontologists from Mexico and the United States has identified a new species of bird-like dinosaur with an unusually thick and domed skull,...

Dec 23, 2025 by News Staff

University of Maryland paleontologist Thomas R. Holtz Jr. has spent decades puzzling over how dinosaurs fit into their ancient worlds — and how those...

Dec 15, 2025 by News Staff

Paleontologists have unearthed a 66-million-year-old mosasaurine tooth in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, the United States. This discovery adds...

Dec 8, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have performed a comprehensive anatomical reassessment of the fossilized remains of two coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Early...

Dec 4, 2025 by Natali Anderson

The Carreras Pampa site in the Torotoro National Park, Bolivia, records 1,321 trackways and 289 solitary tracks, totaling 16,600 theropod dinosaur tracks;...

Dec 1, 2025 by News Staff

The Lamniformes are an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks. It includes some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the great white...

Nov 14, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Named Bakiribu waridza, the newly-identified species is the first filter-feeding pterosaur from the tropics. Artistic reconstruction of the filter-feeding...

Nov 11, 2025 by News Staff

Scientists from Stellenbosch University and elsewhere have used advanced uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating and elemental mapping to measure trace amounts of uranium...

Nov 11, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, the University of Texas at El Paso and Montana State University have discovered...

Nov 6, 2025 by News Staff

Paleontologists from China and Brazil say they have found a total of 320 phytoliths — microscopic, rigid bodies made of mineral deposits that form...

Oct 31, 2025 by News Staff

Paleontologists have examined an exceptionally well-preserved, near somatically mature tyrannosaur skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Their...

Oct 28, 2025 by Sergio Prostak

The new fossil, encased in a piece of amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar, represents both the first mosquito larva preserved in amber and the first...

Oct 27, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have discovered two partial skulls and three partial jaws from an early-diverging dyrosaurid crocodyliform in the layers of the Quseir...

Oct 23, 2025 by News Staff

Paleontologists have examined two exceptional specimens of the end-Cretaceous, duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens. Using an array of imaging...