Tag: dinosaurs

This nimble dinosaur may have sparked the evolution of one of the deadliest predators on Earth.

An extraordinary fossil of Archaeopteryx reshapes what we know about the origin of flight.

Bucking long-standing beliefs, a new fossil discovery disrupts our understanding of the prehistoric food chain.

There is strong evidence the dinosaurs endured a double-asteroid whammy.

Scientists inch closer to solving one of the greatest mysteries in paleontology.

The findings answer a long-standing question in paleontology.

Researchers have described the discovery as "mindblowing."

Cockroaches have been on Earth far longer than humans and may outlast us. Here are a few reasons why.

A short hand is better than a bitten one.

A truly spectacular find!

Big-brained birds were better at adapting to their rapidly shifting environment -- and that may have ultimately saved them.

Tolkien would be proud.

The land down under can now boast its own Titanosaur.

Astronomers have proposed a novel theory that explains the demise of the dinosaurs.

In a while, crocodile -- said the dinosaur. Because they were living in the same era.

While other dinosaurs crumbled during a global extinction, altered plant life provided the perfect conditions for the rise of giant ...

Humans could have generally outrun T. rex.

The ancient mammal "bends and even breaks a lot of rules," said researchers.

This important discovery changes the narrative around what dinosaurs could and couldn't do.

Exploring the fascinating origins and meanings behind some of the most iconic dinosaur names.

One of the many mysteries behind dinosaurs may have been solved

It's the first time that scientists find a dinosaur affected by this disease.

Fossil footprints from the Karoo Basin of southern Africa could teach us more about how ecosystems respond to truly massive ...

A perfectly preserved dinosaur specimen found in China was covered in feathers.

"It's not just a phase, mom!"

It's the oldest evidence of insects feeding on feathers.

Mammals quickly grew in size after the dinosaur linage collapsed, an exciting new study shows.

Michael Phelps doesn't hold a candle to these bad boys.

Molten rock shooting for the moon, huge tsunamis hundreds of feet tall, and global wildfires were triggered immediately after the ...

The Tyrannosaurus rex, the most feared and iconic of all the dinosaurs, had a cooling system in its skull that ...

They might also rewrite the history of megaraptors as we know them.

It's a great way to spend an afternoon or a day off.

The dinosaurs started and ended with a bang.

The research suggests the same pathway may have been taken by dinosaurs as they transitioned to birds.

Dinosaurs had a 9/10 chance they'd make it -- but they drew the short straw.

The 245-million-year-old fossils overturns the established view that early dino relatives were the size of a chicken and feeble.

It's all about the tail.

Unlike birds, dinosaurs spent a lot of time incubating their eggs.

T-Rex was the king of dinosaurs, and he had the bling to prove it.

Not all flying reptiles were big.

Dinosaurs might not have been as terrifying as we thought.

The specimens discovered by the researchers are one of a kind and, unlike previous amber fossils, the feathers were attached ...

T. Rex grew its way to the top of the food chain. To get there though, the dinosaur first had ...

Researchers have manipulated the genome of chicken embryos so that they develop dinosaur-like bones in their lower legs.

Birds are literally dinosaurs, so many scientists suspect millions of years ago dinosaurs shared similar courtship tactics like fancy plumage ...

An asteroid impact wiped out the dominant life forms on the planet, both on land and in the oceans, some ...

Traces of soft tissue and red blood cells were discovered by accident by a team of paleontologists and biologists while ...

A group of paleontologists have unearthed fossils preserved in pristine condition belonging to a new ancient avian species that lived ...

Photo: Julius Csotonyi Some 65 million years ago an asteroid impact caused countless species of land, marine and plant life ...

(c) PLOS ONE Fossils that capture a kinetic moment are truly fascinating because they surprise a scene or picture from ...