100M year old dinosaur tracks reported in the journal Chinese Science Bulletin suggest that some dinosaurs were strong swimmers.
Carnivorous two-legged...
An object that killed the dinosaurs roughly 66 million years ago may have been a comet, rather than an asteroid, say researchers Prof Jason Moore and Prof...
A team of scientists from Romania, the United Kingdom and Brazil has described a new species of extinct flying reptile from the time of the dinosaurs.
This...
Sexual selection can be inferred from the fossil record, according to a new paleontological study appearing in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Sexual...
Paleontologist Derek Larson of the Royal Ontario Museum, who spent six years analyzing fossilized dinosaur teeth, has identified more than 20 species of...
According to a team of paleontologists from Europe and China, the discovery of a new bird-like dinosaur from the Jurassic period challenges widely accepted...
An analysis of fossilized dinosaur tail bones suggests some feathered dinosaurs used tail plumage to attract mates.
Artist’s impression of Similicaudipteryx...
An international team of paleontologists has discovered what may be the world’s earliest dinosaur. According to the scientists, this creature, named...
A new species of horned, plant-eating dinosaur has been identified by U.S. and Canadian paleontologists from fossils originally collected in 1958.
An artist’s...
A professional paleontologist studying fossils in a collection at Harvard University has identified a new species of dinosaur.
The newly discovered species,...
A study by Melbourne University researcher Prof John Hayman shows that some ancient marine animals, including ichthyosaurs, giant dolphin-like reptiles...
An international group of researchers led by the University of Bristol has used computed tomography and biomechanical modeling to show how plant-eating...
An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of feathered dinosaur in southern Germany.
Skeleton of Sciurumimus on a limestone...
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...
British scientists have developed a new technique to accurately measure the weight and size of dinosaurs and found they are not as heavy as previously...
US paleontologists have uncovered fossils of three new raptor dinosaurs that roamed what is now eastern Utah about 130 million years ago.
Artist’s reconstruction...
A team of paleontologists and volunteers has discovered remains of at least seven different killer dinosaurs that once lived in what is now south-eastern...
British paleontologists have found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived...
