Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the ...

A fossil reveals the existence of Athenar bermani, a new sauropod that redefines the family tree of Utah's giants.

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater ...

The skeleton sat inside the Suining Formation rock bed. This layer dates to 147 million years ago. The sediments indicate a ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of sauropod dinosaur, Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis, from a partial skeleton ...

The research also suggests that these massive stars transformed directly into black holes at the end of their lives without ...

A new dome-headed dinosaur speices found in Montana, Brontotholus harmoni, reveals unexpected clues about their evolution.

Few moments in paleontology are as exciting as the discovery of dinosaur eggs. These fragile and ancient specimens offer a ...

A new analysis of the bite strength of 18 species of carnivorous dinosaurs shows that while the Tyrannosaurus rex skull was optimized for quick, strong bites like a crocodile, other giant, predatory ...

They were the most gigantic animals ever to walk the earth. Sauropod dinosaurs—“thin at one end; much, much thicker in the middle; and then thin again at the far end,” as comedian John Cleese ...