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May 2, 2016

'Fake' fossil is actually 189 million-year-old remains of undiscovered species

For 30 years, an overlooked dinosaur fossil at the Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery in Doncaster, U.K. was believed to be a plastic replica of an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric aquatic reptile. Thanks to the work of one young paleontologist, not only was the fossil found to be real, but it is 189 million-year-old remains of a previously unknown species of the ancient reptile.

May 2, 2016

Dinos got high, oldest grass fungus fossil hints

Millions of years before LSD and rock and roll, dinosaurs munched on psychedelic fungus, a new study suggests.

May 2, 2016

New species of long-necked ‘dragon’ dinosaur discovered in China

A new species of long-necked dinosaur was discovered by Canadian paleontologists from bones discovered in central China.

May 2, 2016

Dinosaurs thriving in Europe before asteroid hit, new study shows

Dinosaurs were flourishing in Europe right before their rapid demise, according to a new study. This would help confirm that dinosaurs the world over were wiped out by an asteroid’s impact 66 million years ago - a theory sometimes questioned due to lack of non-North American fossil evidence.

May 2, 2016

Ancient knife-toothed reptile is crocodile cousin

The fossil of a prehistoric 9-foot-long carnivorous reptile that had sharp, serrated teeth is helping researchers fill out the early branches of the reptile family tree, according to a new study.  It's unclear where the reptile, Nundasuchus songeaensis, falls on the evolutionary tree, said Sterling Nesbitt, an assistant professor of geology at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

May 2, 2016

Giant fossils get renewed life with 3D scans

The cracked and broken bones of a 1.8-million-year-old crocodile, elephant and giant tortoise are now recorded in meticulous detail, thanks to cutting-edge 3D scanners

April 28, 2016

Dinosaur decline started long before asteroid impact

The dinosaurs — the so-called tyrants of the Mesozoic era — weren't exactly thriving during their last few million years on Earth, a new study finds

April 28, 2016

Ancient water bird survived attack by short-necked 'sea monster'

Scientists have found what may be the world's luckiest Hesperornis — an ancient water bird that escaped the snapping jaws of a plesiosaur about 70 million years ago in prehistoric South Dakota.

April 28, 2016

T. Rex was pregnant, bone test confirms

About 68 million years ago, a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex died in ancient Montana

April 28, 2016

Dinosaur was giving 'the finger' due to bone deformity

A Jurassic-age dinosaur suffered from eight devastating maladies during its lifetime that likely caused the paleo-beast an enormous amount of pain and possibly made it difficult to hunt, a new study suggests