Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process: Count up the growth rings in the ...

A growing body of research on dinosaurs' closest living relatives suggests the method that's been used to estimate how old a dinosaur was when it died may be leading paleontologists astray.

The final days of the dinosaurs mark one of the most dramatic turning points in Earth’s history. Evidence points to a sudden global catastrophe, but scientists continue to debate how events unfolded ...

For decades, myths have claimed that ancient marine predators may still lurk in the deepest parts of the ocean. Sightings, legends, and cryptic reports continue to suggest that “ocean dinosaurs” ...

We know the main reason that the age of the dinosaurs came to an end: an asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula some 66 million years ago. But how the dinosaurs’ reign began is far less clear—and ...

The “mesozoic cow” was a dinosaur with hundreds of ever-replacing teeth. Here’s how its uniquely adapted skull allowed it to ...

In A Nutshell Mars was erupting while T. rex roamed Earth: A Martian volcano system was active between 64 and 50 million ...

The victims of Spain’s deadliest rail crash in more than a decade included a police officer, journalists and a family returning from a musical. By Jason HorowitzJosé Bautista and Samuel Granados ...

A full-scale Deinosuchus schwimmeri skeleton brings decades of paleontological research into a single, scientifically precise exhibit. Dr. David Schwimmer, a geology professor at Columbus State Univer ...

The only actors I recognized were Jeremy Piven who was obviously brought in for marketability purposes (he’s only in it for ...

For decades, Owl Farm was Hunter S. Thompson’s lair, the place where he wrote, drank and drugged, entertained celebrities, shot guns at all hours, commanded his quixotic campaign for sheriff in 1970 ...

Hunter S. Thompson’s family and his wife are at odds over a reinvestigation of his 2005 suicide – as claims fly that she wants full control of the Gonzo journalist’s legacy. His widow Anita Thompson ...