Amateur Fossil Hunters Find a ‘Rosetta Stone’ for Paleontology

Paleontologists affiliated with the Queensland Museum Network in Australia have unearthed both the head and body of a 100-million-year-old marine reptile known as…

Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought. Jane McDonaldA model of Zygomaturus trilobus at…

What’s 16-Foot-Long, Feathered And Lethal?

Dakotaraptor, a new dinosaur species discovered in South Dakota, is a far larger relative of the Velociraptor. A new species of raptor was…

Scientists Have Discovered A Pterosaur The Size Of A Bus

The ancient flying reptile dubbed Thanatosdrakon amaru lived on Earth between 146 million and 66 million years. Leonardo D. Ortiz DavidThis ancient flying…

A Fascinating Exploration Into How Dinosaurs Slept

From museum halls to movie screens, we love to see dinosaurs at their fiercest. All those teeth, claws, spikes, horns, and other weird…

How The Death Of The Dinosaurs Is Why We Sleep At Night

Wikimedia CommonsA prehistoric rat-like mammal. Mammals were once nocturnal creatures, a new study finds, and it’s thanks to the dinosaurs that we no…

Scientists Figure Out Exactly How Strong A “Bone-Crushing” T. Rex Bite Was

Wikimedia Commons It seems obvious that you wouldn’t want to get caught between the banana-sized chompers of the history’s most famous dinosaur. Until…

He Was Obsessed With Dinosaurs As A Child, Now This College Student Has Unearthed A Triceratops Skull

Most college students preparing for the real world begin with an internship, part-time job, or creative pursuits. Harrison Duran digs up a 65-million-year-old…

Scientists In Australia Just Found A ‘Real Life Dragon’ That Once Feasted On Dinosaurs

The giant flying reptile, called Thapunngaka shawi , was discovered in Queensland, Australia, and had a 30-foot wingspan and a head alone that…

This Newly Discovered 26,000-Pound Dinosaur Was Once The Biggest Creature To Walk Planet Earth

Viktor Radermacher, University of the WitwatersrandAn artist’s rendering of Ledumahadi mafube . Some 200 million years ago, a 12-ton dinosaur that was double…

Amateur Fossil Hunter Finds 150-Million-Year-Old ‘Sea Dragon’ Fossil On A British Beach

"I'm very pleased that this ichthyosaur has been found to be new to science, and I'm very honoured for it to be named…

This Fossil Reveals The One Orifice That Dinosaurs Used To Pee, Poop, And Procreate

Paleontologists said this dinosaur had a one-of-a-kind opening that was "shaped in its perfect, unique way." Vinther et alThis well-preserved Psittacosaurus fossil from…