Dinosaur fossils reveal clues that could help fight cancer
A new study published in the journal Biology suggests that advanced techniques used to study dinosaur fossils might help scientists better understand cancer.
Researchers from...
75-million-year-old dragonfly fossil fills evolutionary gap in Canada
For the first time, paleontologists have uncovered a dragonfly fossil from Canada’s dinosaur age, and it’s helping to close a major gap in the...
How huge meat-eating dinosaurs hunted in unique ways
Not all giant, meat-eating dinosaurs had the same kind of bite.
A new study has revealed that while the famous Tyrannosaurus rex had a skull...
Dinosaur teeth reveal secrets of Earth’s ancient greenhouse climate
Scientists have discovered that dinosaur teeth hold an extraordinary record of Earth’s climate during the Mesozoic Era, between 252 and 66 million years ago.
By...
Fossil misjudged for 150 years is actually a game-changing find
For over a century, a tiny fossil at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology was wrongly believed to be a caterpillar—or maybe a worm, or...
Ancient dinosaur footprints reveal surprising herding behavior
New dinosaur footprints found in Canada suggest that different species of dinosaurs may have traveled together in herds—similar to how zebras and wildebeest move...
Scientists uncover Jurassic dinosaurs’ favorite foods
New research has uncovered surprising details about what dinosaurs ate by analyzing the chemistry hidden in their fossilized teeth.
Scientists have discovered that plant-eating dinosaurs...
Why so many mammals became ant-eaters after the dinosaurs disappeared
A new study has found that mammals have evolved to eat ants and termites at least 12 different times since dinosaurs went extinct.
After the...
A 225-million-year-old leg bone just rewrote dinosaur history
A fossilized leg bone found in Africa is reshaping our ideas about the size of the first dinosaurs.
The 225-million-year-old bone belonged to a mysterious...
Ancient lungfish jaws reveal the eating habits of Earth’s first land animals
Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the oceans were teeming with strange and powerful creatures.
Among them were lungfish—an ancient group of lobe-finned fish that...