For the first time, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs that lay buried in rock for millions of years, using a groundbreaking new ‘atomic clock for fossils’ method. During the Cretaceous period, Earth ...

Using uranium-lead dating, researchers calculated the age of the eggs, rather than the sediments around them, at the Qinglongshan site in China ...

When did these blockhead dinosaurs get their domes? A new fossil is “the specimen we have all been waiting for.” ...

Extinct marine lizard the size of an orca with sharp teeth and a strong jaw was a top predator during the dinosaur age. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Dinosaur tracker Ray Stanford uses a brush with water to help define a dinosaur footprint on the NASA Goddard property in Greenbelt, Md., on Friday, August 17, 2012. Stanford discovered this fossil ...

Scientists and artists have been reconstructing the appearance of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures for centuries. But they've often gotten it wrong. Whether they were hampered by a lack of bones, ...

From a tyrannosaur's last meal to the ancient nests of giants, this year provided plenty of new detail about dinos and other long-gone creatures. reading time 1 minute Dinosaurs’ reign on Earth ended ...

The dinosaur, named Joaquinraptor casali, lived roughly 67 million years ago in what is now central Patagonia at the twilight of the age of dinosaurs, measuring approximately 23 feet (7 meters) long ...

A fossil from the blustery plains of Patagonia is revising your book on one of the most elusive bands of hunting dinosaurs. The newly discovered dinosaur, Joaquinraptor casali, preyed on the soggy ...