Dinosaurs

A nearly complete skull of a 95-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur has been found in western Queensland, Australia.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 12, 2023

A diner at a restaurant in the Sichuan province of China has accidentally helped palaeontologists unearth 100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints.

Sadhna Yadav Jul 29, 2022

Paleontologists believe the ichthyosaur died shorty after consuming its last meal due to a broken neck

Nina Siena Aug 21, 2020

Researchers created first-ever fully 3D simulation of the whole event.

May 28, 2020

These might be one of the youngest sharks to evolve.

Jan 24, 2020

Dinosaur extinction is now widely believed to have been caused by a large asteroid impact.

Rishabh Jain Sep 10, 2019

Scientists raced as many as 12 bird species on an enclosed track to understand and relate their locomotive traits to those of long-extinct dinosaurs.

Shubham Sharma Feb 22, 2018

The fossil, which was found in rocks in a quarry near Cardiff in South Wales, has been named Clevosaurus cambric.

India Ashok Feb 07, 2018

The fossil is only the second known specimen found to belong to the rare prehistoric sea creature species called Wahlisaurus massarae.

India Ashok Feb 03, 2018

Scientists believe that around 12,800 years ago, the Earth was hit by fragments of a dying comet, measured around 100km in diameter.

India Ashok Feb 03, 2018

Palaeontologists consider this find as the "Holy Grail" of discoveries, since dinosaur fossils from the end of the Age of Dinosaurs are hard to find in Africa.

India Ashok Jan 30, 2018

Archaeopteryx is an important group of bird-like dinosaurs which marks the evolutionary transition between reptilian dinosaurs and birds.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 26, 2018

The newly-identified brittle star species is believed to be the cousin of modern starfish and is considered to have had incredible survival powers.

India Ashok Jan 20, 2018

Caihong juji was about the same size as a duck and lived 161 million years ago, according to scientists.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 15, 2018

Previously unknown species, which has been named Diluvicursor pickeringi, uncovered in 113-million-year-old rocks in south-eastern Australia.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 11, 2018

33 fossil teeth of the Cretaceous Period shark, collected over a period of 38 years, revealed a new species that was likely the ancestor of the largest known shark – megalodon.

India Ashok Jan 10, 2018

Titanoboa cerrejonensis is the largest snake ever known to have existed and an early ancestor to today's boa constrictors.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 08, 2018

Urkudelphis chawpipacha may be the ancestor of modern river dolphins, say scientists after exciting find in Ecuador.

Aristos Georgiou Dec 20, 2017

Plesiosaurs are a group of marine reptiles which roamed the oceans until being wiped out 66 million years ago.

Aristos Georgiou Dec 14, 2017

The stunningly well-preserved fossil of the 70-million-year-old dinosaur was reportedly dug up by poachers and smuggled to Europe.

India Ashok Dec 07, 2017

Palaeontologists say that the new discovery provides more information about the evolution of ancient underwater creature.

India Ashok Dec 06, 2017

The archaeological treasure trove also included skeletons of what is believed to be pterosaurs hatchlings and young adults.

India Ashok Dec 01, 2017

New insights have allowed researchers to create the most accurate depiction of any dinosaur to date.

Aristos Georgiou Nov 29, 2017

Restoration expert Eudald Guillamet found the animal artwork while cleaning the cave to remove graffiti.

Nov 28, 2017

Geologist Naresh Ghose found the prokaryote, a tiny, single celled organism, in shale underlying volcanic rock in the Gwalior basin of the Bundelkhand region near Jhansi.

IBT UK Contributor Nov 25, 2017

Scientists believe that a Sauropod that weighed 35 tonnes was responsible for making massive 110-step trackways.

India Ashok Nov 14, 2017

Scientists estimate that during the Permian Period, before dinosaurs even existed, Antarctica was covered in trees.

India Ashok Nov 11, 2017

Humans are lucky it hit that spot sixty-six million years ago, or we might not be around today.

Matthew Wills Nov 10, 2017

Researchers used iridium - the second most dense metal on Earth - to effectively target and attack cancer cells, boosting hopes for new treatments.

Aristos Georgiou Nov 02, 2017

Researchers estimate that the fearsome predator had a wingspan of up to 36 feet and may have stood as tall as a giraffe.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 31, 2017