Scientists have discovered South Africa’s youngest known dinosaur tracks along the remote coastline of the Western Cape. The newly identified footprints, estimated to be around 140 million years old, ...

The geological timelines add another layer of evidence against the dinosaur-oil myth. While most dinosaur species roamed the Earth between 230 and 66 million years ago, the organic material ...

Finding a brand-new dinosaur species is cause for celebration, but what happens when you find one you're not even looking for ...

Fossilised bones are some of the most tangible evidence of a dinosaur, but they aren't the only way to study these prehistoric animals. Preserved footprints, also known as ichnites, are a type of ...

Paleontologists analyze concretions—hard orbs of minerals that can collect around material like bone—and discover fossils of mammals that lived on Earth just after an asteroid killed the ...

It’s an unlikely relationship, but the humble pigeon is a descendant of the group of dinosaurs that also includes the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. The two species share a remarkable biological past. Our ...