New plankton arrived just a few millennia — maybe even decades — after the Chicxulub asteroid, forcing a rethink of evolution ...

In an Australian crater, researchers have unearthed a very rare type of zircon, a semi-precious stone typically used in jewelry. This mineral is known as ...

A newly identified tiny dinosaur, Foskeia pelendonum, is shaking up long-held ideas about how plant-eating dinosaurs evolved. Though fully grown adults were remarkably small and lightweight, their ...

A tiny plant-eating dinosaur that was about the same size of a chicken and occupied what’s now northern Spain some 125 million years ago is baffling scientists. The dinosaur, Foskeia pelendonum—named ...

An international team of researchers has devised a futuristic tool to examine the footprints left by dinosaurs in our ancient past. The AI-powered app, Dinotracker, can identify dinosaur footprints in ...

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A newly discovered raptor had a knobby bump on its head, suggesting that, like some larger dinosaurs, it engaged in competitive head bashing. By Jack Tamisiea Head-butting was all the rage at the end ...

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A routine parking lot project at Dinosaur National Monument has unearthed dinosaur fossils at the site for the first time in more than a century. Workers uncovered the fossils near the Quarry Exhibit ...

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A fossil of Manipulonyx reshetovi, found in a Mongolian desert, shows how the dinosaur used its specialized claw to snatch eggs. By Jack Tamisiea Under the cover of darkness 67 million years ago, a ...

In 2025, scientists have named several new dinosaur species and are learning new facts about the remarkable lives of dinosaurs. Paleontologists have found a 'Dragon price' dinosaur — which may be a ...