Scientists find new ichthyosaur, one of the largest animals ever, in the Alps
The first ichthyosaurs swam through the primordial oceans in the early Triassic period about 250 million years ago.
They had an elongated body and a...
Flying relatives of dinosaurs could control their feather colors, shows study
Palaeontologists have discovered remarkable new evidence that pterosaurs, the flying relatives of dinosaurs, were able to control the colour of their feathers using melanin...
Injured dinosaur in Spain left some unusual footprints behind
A set of dinosaur footprints in Spain has unusual features because the dinosaur that made the tracks had an injured foot.
The study was published...
Why are the arms of Tyrannosaurus rex so ridiculously short
Over the two decades paleontologist Kevin Padian taught a freshman seminar called The Age of Dinosaurs, one question asked frequently by undergraduates stuck with...
This giant carnivorous dinosaur could hunt underwater
Spinosaurus is the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered on Earth. It’s even larger than T. rex.
A new study from University of Oxford and others...
This softshell turtle lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops
A newly described softshell turtle that lived in North Dakota 66.5 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period, just before the...
Scientists reveal the last day of the dinosaurs after asteroid impact
The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime.
This conclusion was drawn by an international team of researchers after having...
This dinosaur era crab was sharp-eyed, speedy swimmer
With its adorable big eyes, this predator seemed more Disney than deadly.
A crab roughly the size of a quarter was found in the waters...
Scientists discover new fossil birds near China’s Great Wall
Approximately 80 miles from the westernmost reach of China’s Great Wall, paleontologists found relics of an even more ancient world.
Over the last two decades,...
These fossils add a missing link to crocodile evolution
A set of Triassic archosaur fossils, excavated in the 1960s in Tanzania, have been formally recognised as a distinct species.
It represents one of the...