A dinosaur fossil discovered in Mongolia boasts the largest ever complete claw, but the herbivorous species only used it to ...

The word "dinosaur" means "terrible lizard" in Latin, and it was first made up in 1842 by paleontologist Richard Owen. Birds ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

Feel tiny under the big Texas sky, marvel at an annual bat migration, travel on horseback through a colorful canyon, and soak ...

One of the Victorian carcharodontosaur shinbones was found on the Otway Coast. The other was found on the Bass Coast, in rocks nearly 10 million years older. This demonstrates these predators were ...

Thus, volunteers, such as Melissa Lowery who identified three of the fossils, play a crucial role in these discoveries. To go further: What is a theropod? Theropods are a highly diverse group of ...

During this time, Gondwanan began breaking up. As the continent broke apart, dinosaur evolution changed and diverged with it. In South America, for example, theropods like carcharodontosaurs dominated ...

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First, they have identified the oldest megaraptorid fossils ever found, pushing back the known timeline for this group of theropods. Second, experts have uncovered the first definitive evidence of ...