Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

In a study published in January, researchers confirmed the preservation of original organic molecules in Mesozoic dinosaur ...

The findings shed light on how proteins like collagen may survive for millions of years within dinosaur bones.

The well-preserved fossil that was once a dinosaur's butt bone (sacrum) was excavated from South Dakota's Hell Creek ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs. By Asher Elbein Asher Elbein ...

because it’s difficult to infer such a behavior from fossils. “I don’t see this animal spending a lot of time on the bottom,” Dr. O’Keefe said. However, he did agree with Mr. Marx that ...

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A Cretaceous-era skull found on Vega Island, Antarctica, has been confirmed as a member of the same order as ducks and geese, ...