Scientists say there’s new evidence that settles the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s. Researchers ...

In a rare and unexpected discovery, scientists have identified the fossilized tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Some are quick to point out that movies like Jurassic Park may get the appearance of dinosaurs wrong. If so, it is for good reason. Scientists primarily have fossils of bones and teeth to guide ...

Beneath layers of ancient sediment and time, a small but game-changing dinosaur skull emerged from the earth, as if it had ...

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina with powerful claws, feasting on an ancient crocodile bone. The new find was possibly 23 feet (7 meters) long and hailed from a mysterious ...

A dome-headed dinosaur found in Mongolia had a serious weapon on top of its skull, a mouth full of no-nonsense teeth and cartoon-like giant eye sockets. The new species, named Zavacephale rinpoche ...

When did these blockhead dinosaurs get their domes? A new fossil is “the specimen we have all been waiting for.” In this artist's reconstruction, two pachycephalosaurs from the new species ...

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