Paleontologists Provide New Perspective on Triassic Period, Emergence of Dinosaurs
After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life outside of the ocean began to take hold. The earliest…
After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life outside of the ocean began to take hold. The earliest…
A scientist with the Canadian Museum of Nature has answered a long-standing mystery about why fossils of ankylosaurus—the “armored tanks” of the dinosaur world—are mainly…
A slab of sandstone discovered at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center contains at least 70 mammal and dinosaur tracks from more than 100 million years…
When it comes to the final days of the dinosaurs, Africa is something of a blank page. Fossils found in Africa from the Late Cretaceous,…
Ancient dinosaurs were adorned in some amazing ways, from the horns of the triceratops to the plates and spikes of the stegosaurus. A newly discovered,…
The pterosaur record is generally poor, and pterosaur eggs are even rarer. Only a handful of isolated occurrences of eggs and embryos have been reported…
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have discovered fossils of the oldest mammals related to mankind on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset. The two teeth…
The mystery of the world’s largest dinosaur eggs has been solved, paleontologists have identified the Baby Louie specimen as the embryo of a new species…
A new study from NASA reveals that the giant Martian shield volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to…
Scientists from Florida State University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have uncovered a new species of duck-billed dinosaur, a 30-foot-long (9-meter-long) herbivore that endured…
Five recent discoveries has re-shaped how scientists and the general public view dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are cool. That’s not up for debate. But, even though the…
Paleontologists working in China unearthed the fossil remains of one of the closest cousins of Velociraptor, but it looks just like a bird. This newly…
Researchers discover a new species of horned dinosaur, Wendiceratops pinhornensis. Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Dr. Michael Ryan co-led the discovery of a striking new species…
A newly published study details the discovery of a new species of horned dinosaur, Regaliceratops peterhewsi. About 10 years ago, Peter Hews stumbled across some…
Researchers have conducted the first successful reversion of a bird’s skull features, replicating ancestral molecular development to transform chicken embryos in a laboratory into specimens…
A team of scientists have unearthed fossils of a strange dinosaur in southern Chile. Named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi, this dinosaur featured a bizarre combination of traits….
New research from North Carolina State University shows that a 9-foot-long crocodile ancestor may have been North America’s top predator before the dinosaurs arrived. A…
A team of paleontologists has discovered the oldest known “horned” dinosaur fossil from North America. Named Aquilops americanus, the species is 40 million years older…