The Mass Extinction That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Almost 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth – and changed our planet forever. From tsunamis to shockwaves, join us on a journey through ...

Ryan Carney, University of South Florida One of the most remarkable fossils of the birdlike dinosaur Archaeopteryx, known as the Thermopolis specimen, has bones that are preserved in three ...

For a long time, scientists have debated what caused the dinosaurs to die out 66 million years ago. Was it a huge asteroid or volcanic eruptions? Dartmouth researchers have approached this ...

Dinosaurs weren't big naked lizards. Professor Mustache explains that they had feathers. You know, like a cute, huge, killer Easter chick. Cheep cheep!

Other fossilised signs of a plant or animal are called trace fossils. Dinosaur trace fossils include footprints, imprints of their skin or feathers, and poo - called coprolites. Do all living things ...

How did it die and why was it so perfectly fossilized in its full, 3D glory? As Don Henderson, curator of dinosaurs at the museum, points out — paleontologists aren’t like forensic detectives ...

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of "North America's oldest dinosaur." The find challenges the consensus view on the origins of these extinct reptiles. In a study published in the ...