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.
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Sexual selection can be inferred from the fossil record, according to a new paleontological study appearing in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
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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.
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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.
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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...
A team of European scientists has found several specimens of thrips with pollen grains captured in amber, providing the oldest known evidence of insect...
Fossilized remains of a ceratosaurian dinosaur discovered in Australia in 2006 is the first evidence that a major group of meat-eating dinosaurs roamed...
Chinese scientists have discovered fossils of remarkable giant flea-like animals that lived millions years ago in what is now China.
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An international team of researchers has found why and how egg-laying reproduction may have led to the extinction of dinosaurs.
Tyrannosaurus rex, one...
