Scientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs
A new study finds evidence that Earth may have undergone several episodes of rapid true polar wander during…
Dinosaur-Era Mammal Swam Like Platypus and Replaced Its Teeth Multiple Times
Dongoconodon platycauda, a small eutriconodontan mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs in what is now northeastern China paddled through…
New Feathered Dinosaur Suggests Flight Evolved More Than Once among Birds’ Closest Relatives
Norellraptor barsboldi, a new species of small microraptorine dinosaur from the 120-million-year-old rock beds of China’s Liaoning province,…
120-Million-Year-Old Fossil Pushes Back Origin of Marsupial Lineage
A new species of deltatheroidan mammal from China may be the oldest confirmed ancestor of marsupials yet found,…
New Therizinosaurian Dinosaur Unearthed in China
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of therizinosaur based on a nearly complete skeleton found in…
Tyrannosaurus rex Had Mammal-Like Body Temperature, Study Finds
A new analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex teeth indicates the ancient predator maintained a body temperature of about 36.3 degrees…
Exceptionally Preserved Bird Feathers Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Coprolite
Paleontologists in Montana have discovered remarkably preserved feathers of an ancient aquatic bird inside a fossilized dinosaur dropping,…
Fossil of Giant Squid-Like Creature from Cretaceous Period Bears Marks of Deadly Attack
Paleontologists studying a fossil unearthed in southern Manitoba, Canada, have identified what they believe are two bite marks…
New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan
Cranial fossils of a nodosaurid ankylosaur unearthed more than two decades ago on the Japanese island of Hokkaido…
New Troodontid Dinosaur Genus Identified from Fossil Bone Found Decades Ago in New Mexico
Paleontologists have described a new genus of small, bird-like dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico…
New Crested Dinosaur Species Identified in Canada
A new genus and species of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur has been identified in southern Alberta, Canada, dating back…
New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail
A new genus and species of four-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding…