Dinosaur

160 million years later: This rare fossil is overturning everything we knew about how birds evolved

Research on the Anchiornis specimen reveals hidden feather structures that contradict old theories on dinosaur flight. Scientists are now re-evaluating how and when animals first took to the skies.

160-million-year-old Anchiornis fossils.
Dinosaur, edmontosaurus close up with open mouth. Ukraine, Khmelnitsky, October 2021.

'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research

The 3.4 million-year-old bones of the "Burtele foot", which belonged to the ancient human relative Australopithecus deyiremeda and were discovered in the Afar Rift region of Ethiopia, in their anatomical position and with the foot bones embedded in an outline of a gorilla foot; illustration.

Scientists solve the mystery of the prehistoric 'Burtele Foot'

The skeleton of a Nanotyrannus lancensis is displayed as part of the "Montana Dueling Dinosaurs & Distinguished Fossils" collection at Bonhams auction house in New York, November 14, 2013. The "Montana Dueling Dinosaurs", a Nanotyrannus lancensis and a Chasmosaurine Ceratopsian which experts believe

Agile and vicious Nanotyrannus was not just a teenage T. rex


Rare T-Rex skeleton to go under the hammer in Switzerland

Standing 3.9 meters high and measuring 11.6 meters long, it is only the third T-Rex skeleton to be offered at auction, and the first in Europe.

A 67-million-year-old T-Rex skeleton named "TRX-293 TRINITY Tyrannosaurus" and measuring 11.6m long and 3.9m high, is seen during a preview at Koller auction house in Zurich, Switzerland March 29, 2023.

Oldest known Ichthyosaur remains discovered in Arctic

Scientists discovered the oldest known Ichthyosaur remains. The paleontological find is changing how scientists see the emergence of the species as a whole.

 Icthyosaur

New remains of multiple extinct species excavated on Chilean coast

The discovery included the remains of multiple species of giant sloths.

 The Green Planet – Dubai's baby sloth clutches its mother's body.

Record-breaking dinosaur footprint appears on the coast of England - study

Measuring nearly one meter long, the footprint is the largest of its kind found in the English county of Yorkshire.

Replica of theropod footprints attributed to Megalosaurus

Titanosaurus' massive nesting sites, fossilized eggs uncovered in central India

The fossil nests are part of one of the largest dinosaur hatcheries in the world, found in central India.

(A) Completely unhatched egg (B) Almost fully intact outline of egg possibly indicating it to be unhatched (C) Compressed egg showing hatching window (arrow) (D) Egg showing curved outline. (E) Deformed egg showing egg surfaces slipping past each other.

Diverse dinosaur fossils discovered in inhospitable South American valley

The fossilized remains, which consisted of teeth and post-cranial bone pieces, represent a diverse theropod community that lived up until the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction event.

 Fossilized bones of the Maip macrothorax, a newly identified megaraptor dinosaur that inhabited the Argentinian Patagonian area, are displayed at the Buenos Aires' Natural Science museum, in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 27,

Were dinosaurs already on the way out when asteroid hit? No, says new study

The findings also have implications for the present, to save today's species that are not doing as well as dinosaurs reportedly were at the end of their lives.

Artistic reconstruction of Mbiresaurus raathi (foreground) with the rest of the Zimbabwean animal assemblage in the background, including two rhynchosaurs (front right), an aetosaur (left), and a herrerasaurid dinosaur chasing a cynodont (back right).

What did the earliest dinosaurs eat? - study

The earliest dinosaurs were carnivorous, omnivorous and herbivorous, according to new research.

 Life reconstruction of Brontosaurus excelsus, a type of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur (Illustrative).

Could dinosaurs whip tails at supersonic speeds, 200 decibels? No - study

The long-necked diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs were believed to be able to whip their tails at supersonic speeds. A new study explains why that isn't possible.

 Life reconstruction of Brontosaurus excelsus, a type of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur (Illustrative).

New semi-aquatic theropod dinosaur was discovered in Mongolia

The dinosaur, which has been named Natovenator polydontus, was discovered in the Omnogovi Province of Mongolia

 Life reconstruction of Natovenator polydontus.