Spikes, a tail weapon and a shield: Was this the world’s weirdest dinosaur?
The Spicomellus is “totally unlike anything else that we have ever seen,” said a co-lead of a study on the dinosaur, which lived some 165 million years ago. You think…
New species of dinosaur with a sail on its back is discovered in Britain
The Istiorachis macarthurae, found on the Isle of Wight, was named after a famous sailor. LONDON — A former PhD student analyzing 125-million-year-old fossils has made waves with the discovery…
Meet ‘Dragon prince’ — the newly discovered T. rex relative that roamed Mongolia 86 million years ago
A new species of dinosaur that was probably a princely ancestor of T. rex, the king of the dinosaurs, has been identified from fossils excavated in Mongolia. Newly Discovered ‘Dragon…
115-million-year-old dinosaur tracks unearthed in Texas after devastating floods
While clearing debris from the devastating floods in Texas in July, volunteers uncovered 15 large dinosaur footprints thought to belong to a formidable prehistoric predator. Recent flooding in Texas has…
Scientists reexamine 47-year-old fossil and discover a new Jurassic sea monster
A new long-necked marine reptile, Plesionectes longicollum, has been identified from a decades-old fossil found in Germany’s Posidonia Shale. The remarkably preserved specimen rewrites part of the Jurassic marine story,…
‘We’re bringing back avian dinosaurs’: De-extinction company claims it will resurrect the giant moa in next 10 years
The South Island giant moa could be the next species that biotech company Colossal Biosciences “brings back” from extinction — but experts say the result will not and “cannot be”…
‘Ash-winged dawn goddess’ is oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America — and it was small enough to sit ‘on your shoulder’
A cache of Triassic fossils in Arizona has revealed Eotephradactylus mcintireae, or “ash-winged dawn goddess,” the oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America. Meet the “Ash-Winged Dawn Goddess”: Oldest Pterosaur…
Meet ‘Dragon prince’ — the newly discovered T. rex relative that roamed Mongolia 86 million years ago
A new species of dinosaur that was probably a princely ancestor of T. rex, the king of the dinosaurs, has been identified from fossils excavated in Mongolia. Meet the “Dragon…
Trove of dinosaur footprints reveal Jurassic secrets on Isle of Skye where would-be Scottish king Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped
Paleontologists have discovered tracks belonging to meat-eating theropods and long-necked sauropods on the Isle of Skye. Ancient Footprints on the Isle of Skye Reveal Dynamic Dinosaur Activity in Prehistoric Scotland…
‘Dispiriting and exasperating’: The world’s super rich are buying up T. rex fossils and it’s hampering research
A Tyrannosaurus rex researcher has found that there are now more scientifically valuable T. rex specimens in private or commercial ownership than in public museums, hampering research. The Fossil Dilemma:…