The most complete skull of a duck-billed dinosaur from Big Bend National Park, Texas, is…
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Dinosaurs were a diverse group of reptiles that dominated Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the Triassic through the Cretaceous period, until their sudden extinction around 66 million years ago. They ranged from towering carnivores like Tyrannosaurus rex to gentle giants like Brachiosaurus, as well as small, bird-like species that gave rise to modern birds. Paleontologists continue to uncover new fossils and use advanced technologies to learn more about their biology, behavior, evolution, and the mass extinction event that ended their reign. Explore this page for the latest research, fossil discoveries, and evolutionary insights into the age of dinosaurs.
Academics used to tease paleontologists, saying that while dinosaurs appeal to children, they won’t answer…
A new relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex – much smaller than the huge, ferocious dinosaur…
A study to be published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
A new oviraptorosaur species from the Late Cretaceous was discovered in Mongolia, according to a…
Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its vertebrae, which…
Burnt toast and dinosaur bones have a common trait, according to a new, Yale-led study.…
A new study says the colors found in modern birds’ eggs did not evolve independently,…
A research team has found new evidence that fish rapidly evolved in two phases following…
A new species of giant dinosaur has been found in South Africa’s Free State Province.…
Digit reduction occurs many times in tetrapod evolution, and the most famous example is the…
The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since…
An international team of paleontologists and other geoscientists has discovered the first North American co-occurrence…
It is commonly understood that the dinosaurs disappeared with a bang – wiped out by…
After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life…
A scientist with the Canadian Museum of Nature has answered a long-standing mystery about why…
A slab of sandstone discovered at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center contains at least 70…
When it comes to the final days of the dinosaurs, Africa is something of a…