Liverpool researchers' discovery of collagen in fossilized bones could provide new insights into dinosaurs. For years, ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Now, more than a decade later, new analysis of the fossils has found that they belong to a new 73-million-year-old species, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the peer-reviewed journal ...

The well-preserved fossil that was once a dinosaur's butt bone (sacrum) was excavated from South Dakota's Hell Creek ...

The findings, the team explains, may pave the way toward fresh analyses of existing fossils and new insights into not only dinosaurs but other forms of ancient life. An artist's impression shows ...

The fossil, examined under a microscope and with micro-CT scans, has a conical puncture a sixth of an inch (4 mm) wide that appears to be the bite mark of a crocodile.

For the 24 th year, the Schiele Museum of Natural History wants to help visitors dig into their interest in fossils. The ...

For many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained any original organic molecules as the fossilization ...

France’s varied geology makes it fertile ground for dinosaur fossil hunters, but many finds have only been unearthed in the last 20 years, with French palaeontologists only recently becoming ...