More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.

Recent research conducted by the University of Bristol hypothesizes that mammals started to adapt to a more ground-oriented ...

A fossil-rich site dating back 200 million years is being excavated under a tight deadline, as the city prepares to break ...

Dinosaur eggs at the around 80-million-year-old Qinglong Mountain dinosaur egg fossil cluster in Hubei Province Photo: VCG.

Kobayashi and his colleagues christened the new therizinosaur, Duonychus tsogtbaatari. The genus name means “double claw”, ...

A rare fossil unearthed in Mongolia's Gobi Desert has led to the identification of a new dinosaur species Duonychus ...

A team of archaeologists from South Africa’s prestigious Animal Institution uncovered the fossilised remains of a previously unknown dinosaur species in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Scientists racing the clock to finish excavating top southern Utah dinosaur fossil site before construction on a power ...

Fossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.

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