A “breakthrough” has been made in understanding the history of our planet. Studying ancient environmental DNA a team of researchers has now tracked…
Paleontologists affiliated with the Queensland Museum Network in Australia have unearthed both the head and body of a 100-million-year-old marine reptile known as…
A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought. Jane McDonaldA model of Zygomaturus trilobus at…
Dakotaraptor, a new dinosaur species discovered in South Dakota, is a far larger relative of the Velociraptor. A new species of raptor was…
The ancient flying reptile dubbed Thanatosdrakon amaru lived on Earth between 146 million and 66 million years. Leonardo D. Ortiz DavidThis ancient flying…
From museum halls to movie screens, we love to see dinosaurs at their fiercest. All those teeth, claws, spikes, horns, and other weird…
Wikimedia CommonsA prehistoric rat-like mammal. Mammals were once nocturnal creatures, a new study finds, and it’s thanks to the dinosaurs that we no…
Wikimedia Commons It seems obvious that you wouldn’t want to get caught between the banana-sized chompers of the history’s most famous dinosaur. Until…
Most college students preparing for the real world begin with an internship, part-time job, or creative pursuits. Harrison Duran digs up a 65-million-year-old…
The giant flying reptile, called Thapunngaka shawi , was discovered in Queensland, Australia, and had a 30-foot wingspan and a head alone that…
Viktor Radermacher, University of the WitwatersrandAn artist’s rendering of Ledumahadi mafube . Some 200 million years ago, a 12-ton dinosaur that was double…
"I'm very pleased that this ichthyosaur has been found to be new to science, and I'm very honoured for it to be named…