Over the past decade, paleontology has entered a new era of rapid discovery and scientific transformation. Breakthrough ...

Newly described dinosaur fossils from New Mexico are helping scientists better understand the early development of these ancient creatures. The 6-to-12 foot-long, meat-eating creature, Tawa hallae, is ...

Despite how we usually depict them, the hilarious truth is that many dinosaurs who once roamed our Earth, did so with a fabulous display of feathers. It seems far-fetched, but anyone who has spent ...

Broken shin bone of a carnivorous dinosaur, showing rings like the rings of a tree. These closely spaced rings were formed annually and indicate a slow-growing, long-lived animal. Credit: Michael D. D ...

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The extinction of dinosaurs had a significant impact on the development of plants, a new study has shown. Experts at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in the cities of ...

A digital image of a raptor-like dinosaur with striped gray, brown and green skin on a blue background Paleontologists have unearthed a never-before-seen raptor-like dinosaur that lived during a ...

A dinosaur-like fossil discovered in China is providing paleontologists with clues about the evolution of birds. The unusual bird named Fujianvenator prodigiosus was found in China's Fujian province ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...