An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the ...

An experiment on reptile decomposition aims to shed light on a variety of paleontological mysteries, including why so many ...

A team of scientists led by Brian J. Pickles from the University of Reading paid attention to a tiny, overlooked clue. They found that a specific, vibrant orange lichen loves to grow on dinosaur bones ...

Scientists have proven Nanotyrannus was its own species, reshaping what we know about the predators that lived alongside T.

Orange lichens in Canada are guiding scientists to hidden dinosaur fossils, with drones detecting their vivid color signatures from the air.

Paleontologists at the University of Chicago have revealed fossilized duck-billed dinosaur specimens from Wyoming that were carefully prepared in the Fossil Lab. These fossils preserve soft tissue and ...

Researchers now have a new idea of what a certain type of duck-billed dinosaur looked like, thanks to experts from the University of Chicago who uncovered dinosaur mummies. In a new paper published in ...

It was a gray morning on the steppes of central Mongolia when paleontologist Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig spotted something glinting on a distant slope. It was not a rock. As he drew closer, he realized he ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in the field of paleontology by developing a technique that uses ...

New fossil evidence reveals that this 165-million-year-old dinosaur possessed meter-long spikes fused to its skeleton and ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Two fossilized "mummies" unearthed by scientists in the badlands of Wyoming of the duckbilled dinosaur Edmontosaurus reveal the external anatomy in exquisite detail, ...

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like. Paul Sereno and his colleagues spent years painstakingly preparing this ...