In a startling flip-flop on our perspectives on ancient civilisations, scientists have discovered baby dinosaur fossils ...

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign.

Discover more about the egg-laying monotremes of Oceania and the ancient traits they still carry.

Top paleontologists have discovered that mating between some species of prehistoric behemoths was so violent that they ...

Tyrannosaurus rex lived longer and took more time to reach its maximum size than previously thought, according to a new study.

A 67-million-year-old claw fossil reveals a new dinosaur species that may have used its hand spikes to snatch and pierce eggs ...

Ph.D. candidate Michael Chiappone simulated real-world floods at the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.

Two perfectly round dinosaur eggs found in China weren't hiding bones, but something far more unexpected. What scientists uncovered inside could rewrite what we know about fossilisation and the final ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

A picture of a crystalline dinosaur egg fossil at Qinglong Mountain in Shiyan, Hubei province, has been selected for Chemical & Engineering News' The year in chemistry through pictures as ...

A small dinosaur with a giant claw and a bizarre hand structure is changing how scientists think about prehistoric predators.

A fossil of Manipulonyx reshetovi, found in a Mongolian desert, shows how the dinosaur used its specialized claw to snatch ...