Oct 24, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Researchers from Australia and the United States have documented a massive extinction among bee populations, concurrent with an event that wiped out dinosaurs...

Sep 13, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

The modern-day tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) traces its lineage back to the Lower Cretaceous period – a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth,...

Jul 22, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study by scientists at the University of Wisconsin and Yale University, small, herbivorous, dome-headed dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous...

May 23, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Paleontologists from the United States and Canada have described a new species of dinosaur named Albertadromeus syntarsus, the smallest herbivorous dinosaur...

May 15, 2013 by News Staff

Paleontologists led by Dr Pascal Godefroit from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have identified a new species of ichthyosaur from a well-preserved...

Mar 4, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, the University of Tennessee and North Carolina State University, have found the...

Jan 25, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologist Derek Larson of the Royal Ontario Museum, who spent six years analyzing fossilized dinosaur teeth, has identified more than 20 species of...

Jan 8, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new species of Cretaceous bird, identified from a fossil found in Liaoning Province, China, suggests some early birds evolved teeth adapted for specialized...

Jun 8, 2012 by News Staff

Scientists at the University of California in Santa Cruz have found why insects got smaller despite rising oxygen levels about 150 million years ago. This...

Feb 1, 2012 by James Freeman

A team of paleontologists has identified a new species of prehistoric crocodile, nicknamed ‘Shieldcroc’ due to a thick-skinned shield on its head. A...