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 ...

Fossils newly unearthed in southeastern Australia have upended long-held assumptions about dinosaur evolution.

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 ...

Dinosaurs are one of the most successful groups of animals to have roamed the planet. For over 170 million years they dominated the land, from small creatures just a few feet long to some of the ...

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 ...