May 2, 2016 Getting a head: 'Superduck' dinosaur shows how dino crests evolved A newly classified duck-billed dinosaur species snagged the nickname "superduck" due to its giant pelvis.
May 2, 2016 Triassic reptile skewered clams with teeth on roof of its mouth Giant, lizardlike beasts with teeth strong enough to puncture clamshells and equipped with short limbs and a long, paddle-shaped tail populated waterways some 200 million years ago.
May 2, 2016 Meet Jane, the most complete adolescent T rex ever found An adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex named Jane may settle a dispute more than 70 years in the making: Whether small carnivorous dinosaurs are younger versions of T. rex, or another species altogether, a new study finds.
May 2, 2016 Baby duck-billed dinos unearthed in 'Dragon's Tomb' nest A cluster of baby duck-billed dinosaurs — hadrosaurs like the adorable character Ducky in the 1988 animated film "The Land Before Time" — was uncovered in a slab of rock from a fossil-rich part of Mongolia known as "Dragon's Tomb." Scientists examining a roughly 1-foot-long piece of rock from the Dragon's Tomb site, which is located in the Gobi Desert, discovered at least three new baby Saurolophus angustirostris fossils
May 2, 2016 Fossil could settle the debate over whether early birds really did fly We know some dinosaurs had feathers but there remains plenty of debate over whether prehistoric birds such as Archaeopteryx could actually take to the air and fly.
May 2, 2016 Ancient footprints may show dinosaur duo strolling along the beach About 142 million years ago, two carnivorous dinosaurs wandered along a beach and left their large footprints behind in the sand, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 New dinosaur's powerful sniffer helped it track prey While pursing his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, Steven Jasinski fulfilled a childhood dream: he discovered a brand new dinosaur.
May 2, 2016 One tough bite: T. rex's teeth had secret weapon Secret structures hidden within the serrated teeth of Tyrannosaurus rex and other theropods helped the fearsome dinosaurs tear apart their prey without chipping their pearly whites, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 An asteroid didn't wipe out ichthyosaurs — So, what did? During the dinosaur age, ichthyosaurs — large marine reptiles that look like dolphins — flourished in prehistoric oceans, living in all kinds of watery environments near and far from shore
May 2, 2016 Cousin of velociraptor had feathers, wings If the original “Jurassic Park” film was made today, its velociraptors may have had feathers. A study from the the University of Edinburgh reveals that fossils of a new dinosaur dubbed Zhenyuanlong suni — a close cousin of the iconic raptor — were recently discovered in China. Unlike its movie star relative, this dinosaur had feathers and wings.