When paleontologists uncover fossils, they do their best to understand how prehistoric animals looked and survived. But their first impressions aren’t always accurate. With broken bones, incomplete ...

For a newly discovered dinosaur that sported some flamboyant headgear, scientists chose the name Stellasaurus or “star lizard” in honor of the true Starman himself, David Bowie. According to the Daily ...

Analysis - For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa.

Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are ...

From casting updates to plot hints, here’s everything to know about the next film in the "Jurassic World" saga.

A terrifying, dinosaur-eating croc relative from 70 million years ago has been uncovered. Discover the ultimate predator!

Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from supernaturally strong monsters — capable of sinking their claws even into solid rock ...

Researchers have reclassified a long-misidentified fossil from New Mexico as Ahshiselsaurus wimani, a newly recognized giant duck-billed dinosaur that offers fresh insights into hadrosaur evolution ...

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

Scientists have confirmed that Nanotyrannus was a mature species, not a young T. rex. A microscopic look at its hyoid bone ...