Millions of years before the asteroid impact that ended the reign of the dinosaurs, mammals…
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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.
3D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw…
Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss…
A schoolyard boulder in Queensland contains one of Australia’s densest collections of dinosaur footprints. A…
A newly studied Vegavis iaai skull from Antarctica confirms that modern bird lineages, like ducks…
Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered,…
New clues explore the age-old question: Does a duck always look like a duck and…
Liverpool researchers’ discovery of collagen in fossilized bones could provide new insights into dinosaurs. For…
New research suggests that the earliest dinosaurs may have originated in equatorial regions of Gondwana,…
Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years…
The discovery of Ahvaytum bahndooiveche, a 230-million-year-old dinosaur in Wyoming, reveals dinosaurs existed in the…
Volcanic activity in India altered the climate but didn’t kill the dinosaurs; the Chicxulub meteorite…
East Sussex was home to various predatory dinosaurs 135 million years ago, including the first…
Researchers have used fossil feces to study dinosaur diets, revealing how diverse eating habits contributed…
A newly identified fossil bird, Navaornis hestiae, from the Mesozoic Era has provided crucial information…
Northeastern Australia, once submerged under the Eromanga Sea during the Cretaceous, was home to massive…
Recent research suggests the exceptional fossils from China’s Yixian Formation were preserved through natural sediment…
Researchers assert that the Triassic-Jurassic extinction was a sudden event. Around 201.6 million years ago,…