What did dinosaurs look like? It’s not easy to figure out when all you have to go on is scant fossil evidence, but every now ...

Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are ...

Scientists have long been trying to reconstruct the appearance of dinosaurs. The tidbits they are able to piece together from ...

Learn more about the fossilized trackway, which provides important insights into the movement of massive dinosaurs.

A fossil reveals the existence of Athenar bermani, a new sauropod that redefines the family tree of Utah's giants.

Paleontologists have identified a new species of sauropod dinosaur, Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis, from a partial skeleton ...

Since the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necks like Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus) have been almost universally regarded as herbivores, or plant eaters. However, until recently, no ...

One of the most spectacular findings was a 2m long Huayracursor, found in 228-million-year-old rocks in the Andes ...

Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the ...

Researchers at the newly discovered site reported finding more than one hundred vertebrate fossils per square meter, making it one of the densest fossil deposits known. The Hațeg Basin in Transylvania ...