The decaying reptiles could solve several of paleontology’s biggest mysteries from why some fossils preserve fragile soft ...

Where they lived: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, including Antarctica. What they ate: Some ate plants, while others ate animals, including other dinosaurs. How big they were: The ...

Yes and no: It depends on how you classify animals. There are two main classification systems – the Linnaean system which groups organisms by characteristics and the phylogenetics system, which ...

Tainrakuasuchus bellator, a swift croc ancestor from Brazil, reveals that fierce reptile predators ruled Earth long before ...

An ancient predatory dinosaur that lived 220 million years ago, Maleriraptor kuttyi, redefines carnivorous dinosaurs' origin ...

An extinct reptile that lived among the dinosaurs 150 million years ago has been unearthed in the badlands of Wyoming. The tiny creature sheds light on New Zealand's Tuatara, the last living member of ...

More than 30,000 teeth, bones and other fossils from a 249 million-year-old community of extinct marine reptiles, amphibians, bony fish and sharks have been discovered on the remote Arctic island of ...

A new study suggests that predatory dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, did not have permanently exposed teeth as depicted in films such as Jurassic Park, but instead had scaly, lizard-like lips ...

A reanalysis by UC Davis paleontologists challenges the conclusions of a study published last year that assessed metabolic rates of dinosaurs based on traces of biomolecules from fossils. Monitor ...

Dr. Scott explains all about the prehistoric marine species Mosasaurus. Dr. Scott explains all about the prehistoric marine species Mosasaurus. Dinosaur Train is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

Nowadays, dinosaurs are widely portrayed as animated, fictional characters in books and movies! In reality, these reptiles appeared on Earth between 230–245 million years ago, depending on which ...