Meet Vectipelta barretti: The first armored dinosaur discovered on the Isle of Wight in...
Ever imagined a dinosaur with spiked armor roaming in your backyard? Well, researchers just discovered one! Vectipelta barretti.
How Jurassic Park changed film-making and our view of dinosaurs
In June 1993, director Steven Spielberg released a film that unleashed a wave of technological change in film-making and simultaneously helped to revive popular...
This dinosaur may have been the last of its kind
A newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur, Iani smithi, may have been the “last gasp” of a species during a period when Earth’s warming climate forced...
Study reveals surprising diversity of spinosaur species in prehistoric Britain
Paleontologists have made an intriguing discovery about the ancient spinosaur species that once roamed prehistoric Britain.
Scientists discover oldest Pterosaur fossils in Australia
A team of scientists has recently made an exciting discovery in Australia, uncovering the oldest pterosaur bones ever found in the country.
These ancient bones,...
Scientists discover elephant graveyard in North Florida
Around five and a half million years ago, a remarkable event unfolded in what is now North Florida.
Several gomphotheres, fascinating relatives of elephants, met...
Newly discovered dinosaur had elaborate head ornaments
Dinosaur fossils have always fascinated scientists with their diverse and impressive features.
From the horns of Triceratops to the crests of hadrosaurs, these ancient creatures...
Earth’s first animals had particular taste in real estate, shows study
In a fascinating discovery, scientists have found that some of Earth's earliest animals, despite lacking any ability to move, were particular about their habitats.
These...
Scientists reconstruct crushed Scottish fossils to show ancient predator’s skull
Scientists have used advances in CT scanning and 3D visualization to reconstruct the skull of Crassigyrinus scoticus, an ancient crocodile-like predator that lived over...
Scientists reveal a plesiosaur’s last meal
We now know more about the diet of a prehistoric creature that grew up to two and a half metres long and lived in...