In a study published in January, researchers confirmed the preservation of original organic molecules in Mesozoic dinosaur ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Scientists have discovered a new Cretaceous-era dinosaur species by examining photos of a fossil lost during an allied air ...

The dinosaur was about as big as a Tyrannosaurus rex and had a unique nasal horn and symmetrical teeth that it used to eat ...

To account for the numerous gaps in the fossil record, they treated the parts of the world where fossils have not been uncovered as missing information rather than designating them areas where no ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

Remarkably, fossil shark teeth are also incredibly abundant. Sharks ruled the earth’s oceans for 400 million years, and every ...

The dinosaur—which they have named Tameryraptor markgrafi—had a prominent nasal horn, symmetrical teeth and would have been some 33 feet in length. "Presumably, the dinosaur fauna of North ...

The fossil, destroyed in an air raid 80 years ago, had faded from memory until a paleontologist found archival images.

"Their bodies were shaped for speed and agility, and their teeth were adapted for specific diets," Heath said of the early ...