Over the years, Pokemon have expanded their inspiration from common animals to prehistorical creatures to create these ...

The end of the Cretaceous Period, 66 million years ago, marked the dramatic extinction of the dinosaurs. Until now, our ...

Giant 20-foot-long raptor dinosaurs once roamed Australia, according to a new study that could rewrite the evolutionary ...

Research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology has unveiled a landmark discovery—fossils of the world's ...

But, alas, the mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. As with plesiosaurs, the biggest giveaway is its habitat: “With the exception of ...

Dinosaurs weren’t the only giant creatures roaming prehistoric Earth! These 9 massive beasts, from terrifying sea monsters to giant land predators, were some of the most incredible species that ever ...

Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...

Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

The vast diversity of dinosaur shapes and sizes would also have resulted in an array of genital configurations, influenced by everything from body size to mating behavior. According to a 2006 ...

Volunteer fossil hunters and trained paleontologists uncover a new Australian dinosaur and the oldest known megaraptorid.

Megaraptorids are known for somewhat small but sharp teeth, air-filled bones, and powerful forelimbs with enormous claws.

“After being properly prepared, it became evident that (the new species was) part of a rare group of herbivorous/omnivorous ...