Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur
A fossil theropod vertebra about the length of a thumb, found in the Algarve region in southern Portugal,…
New dinosaur species, a T. rex cousin that “would have chased us,” identified from fossil found 100 years ago
London — A previously unknown species of dinosaur — a “long-clawed predator the size of a tiger” and a cousin…
Tooth study shows T. Rex was warmblooded, with human-like temperature
Using chemical clues in Tyrannosaurus rex teeth, scientists have shown that this massive predator was warm-blooded – with…
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,…
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…
Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain
Paleontologists from Fundación Dinópolis have identified the first confirmed fossils of the genus Diplodocus found outside North America.…
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,…
First-ever adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway discovered in North Dakota badlands
Paleontologists have discovered the first known trackway made by a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex: four connected footprints found in…
Injured snapping turtle released back into the wild in Adams County
Injured snapping turtle released back into the wild in Adams County ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. — A snapping turtle…
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…