Dinosaurs

The 5.5 metre-long Jurassic ichthyosaur is believed to be one of the most complete skeletons of its kind ever found in India.

India Ashok Oct 27, 2017

The colour patterns of dinosaurs resemble those seen in many modern animals, helping them to avoid detection by both predators and prey.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 26, 2017

The dinosaur footprints measured 57cm long, suggesting it was was around 30ft tall - around four times the size of a fully-grown lion. It roamed what is now southern Africa 200 million years ago.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 25, 2017

Dinosaurs have acquired a bad rep for being solitary lone rangers with bad tempers, but a new discovery reveals that they may have been group sleepers.

Lucia Binding Oct 22, 2017

A remarkably well-preserved fossilised skeleton of the tyrannosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period was found in southern Utah.

India Ashok Oct 20, 2017

Over millions of years, large herbivores such as certain dinosaurs may have played a crucial role in dispersing vital nutrients across continents.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 17, 2017

Fossils dismissed in the 1970s as a common species have now been identified as a new kind of ichthyosaur. Researchers made the discovery after exposing evidence of fakery.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 11, 2017

A fossil belonging to the 'Melksham Monster' had been sitting in the archives of the Natural History Museum for nearly 150 years before being identified as a new species.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 03, 2017

The meal could have been the ichthyosaur's first and last. Let's hope it was good.

Martha Henriques Oct 03, 2017

Researchers think they have identified the evolutionary process behind this transformation.

Michael J. Benton Sep 27, 2017

The unusual behaviour may have been linked to sexual activity.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 21, 2017

The fearsome crocodile lived among the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous Period.

Martha Henriques Sep 14, 2017

Scientists found traces of complex animals which pre-date the oldest known fossils.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 12, 2017

The skull shape was closely related to the size and shape of the brain within.

Sep 11, 2017

Soriatitan golmayensis is thought to have lived between 130 and 138 million years ago.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 11, 2017

The marine reptile is the earliest of its kind to be discovered.

Aristos Georgiou Aug 28, 2017

It went dark for at least two years after the asteroid hit 66 million years ago.

Martha Henriques Aug 21, 2017

Chilesaurus has baffled scientists since its discovery in 2015.

Léa Surugue Aug 16, 2017

They could glide between trees above the dinosaurs that roamed the ground.

Martha Henriques Aug 09, 2017

The 110-million-year-old fossil is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found.

Martha Henriques Aug 03, 2017

The last record of the plant on the western side of the Atlantic was a 66 million years old fossil in Argentina.

Léa Surugue Aug 03, 2017

Flowers evolved during the era of the dinosaurs.

Martha Henriques Aug 01, 2017

The large crest was probably a mark to impress potential mates.

Martha Henriques Jul 27, 2017

A massive volcanic eruption is thought to have triggered suffocation in the shallow oceans.

Martha Henriques Jul 15, 2017

The pelvis bone is now thought to have been that of a pterosaur.

Léa Surugue Jul 13, 2017

Was it the worst ever case of toothache, or marks from a deadly battle?

Martha Henriques Jul 06, 2017

The reptile's teeth were 15 cm long from root to tip.

Martha Henriques Jul 04, 2017

Scientists have come up with a new tree of life for frogs and a new timeline for their evolution.

Léa Surugue Jul 04, 2017

World Asteroid Day raises awareness of the threats posed by asteroids.

Léa Surugue Jun 29, 2017

The end-Triassic extinction event coincided with pulses of volcanism, as shown by mercury levels in sediments.

Léa Surugue Jun 19, 2017