Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the ...

The recently acquired skull of the dome-headed dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus. USNM PAL 803273, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Eric and Wendy Schmidt. Photo by James D.

For decades, a few hundred miles northeast of Beijing, the Yixian Formation has offered up a treasure trove of exquisite dinosaur fossils dating back to the early Cretaceous (about 145 to 66 million ...

A golden era in dinosaur science is driving this fascination with dinosaurs. Around 1,400 dinosaur species are now known from ...

The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, suggests a new study. The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie ...

Dinosaurs dominated the land for around 180 million years. Yet we have little idea what life was like for these prehistoric icons as interpreting fossils that are at least 65 million years old is ...

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Hans Sues currently receives funding from the Smithsonian. Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

From the realization that paleontologists still haven’t found the biggest dinosaurs to the unearthing of a small burrowing dino, the year has been marked by awe-inspiring finds Riley Black - Science ...

Dinosaurs weren’t dying out before the asteroid hit—they were thriving in vibrant, diverse habitats across North America. Fossil evidence from New Mexico shows that distinct “bioprovinces” of ...

A fossil found in Argentina shows that up to the very end of the age of dinosaurs, they faced serious competition from other reptile species. A life reconstruction of Kostensuchus, a large, ...