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Paleontology & Fossils Oct 24, 2024

Researchers piece together 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossils found in South Dakota

The groundbreaking discovery of a 66-million-year-old dinosaur continues to reveal itself years after a piece of it was first spotted, Missouri researchers said.

Paleontology & Fossils Oct 23, 2024

Paleontologists discover Colorado 'swamp dweller' mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs

A team of paleontologists working near Rangely, Colorado, has uncovered a new (or, more accurately, very old) state resident—a fossil mammal about the size of a muskrat that may have scurried through swamps during the Age ...

Paleontology & Fossils Oct 23, 2024

Hong Kong discovers dinosaur fossils for the first time

Officials in Hong Kong said Wednesday they have discovered dinosaur fossils in the city for the first time on a remote, uninhabited island that's part of a geopark.

Paleontology & Fossils Oct 22, 2024

Tracks left by a bird-sized dinosaur suggest it used wings to run faster

A small international team of biologists, geologists and paleontologists has found evidence that a bird-sized dinosaur from the early Cretaceous used its wings to run faster. In their study published in the Proceedings of ...

Paleontology & Fossils Oct 21, 2024

Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China

A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is the smallest dinosaur egg ever found. In their paper ...

Evolution Oct 6, 2024

Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have led to the invention of 'ant agriculture'

The event that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't all bad. The low-light environment caused by the meteor impact some 66 million years ago favored the spread of fungi that feed on organic matter, which was abundant at the time ...

Evolution Sep 30, 2024

New insights into sauropod evolution: Discovery of tail clubs in India

A new University of Michigan study of dinosaur fossils from India has revealed that the sauropod dinosaur Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis wielded a bony tail club.

Plants & Animals Sep 26, 2024

Bird study shows that grounded running styles conserve energy

A small team of biologists and animal movement specialists in the Netherlands and the U.K. has found that birds such as the emu have a grounded running style at medium speeds, allowing them to conserve energy compared to ...

Paleontology & Fossils Sep 9, 2024

Large theropod dinosaurs thrived near South Pole, Australian tracks show

A discovery of dinosaur tracks on Australia's southern coast—dating back to the Early Cretaceous when Australia was still connected to Antarctica—indicates that large theropod dinosaurs thrived in this polar environment, ...

Earth Sciences Sep 7, 2024

Tiny glass beads suggest the moon had active volcanoes when dinosaurs roamed Earth

Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth, new research suggests.

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