Paleontologists have identified Archaeocursor asiaticus, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Early Jurassic that challenges ...

This newly identified dinosaur species represents the oldest and most primitive type of ornithischian dinosaur found in Asia ...

From the realization that paleontologists still haven’t found the biggest dinosaurs to the unearthing of a small burrowing ...

New research on mosasaurs, based on new technologies and fossil discoveries, sheds light on their evolution, feeding habits, ...

Ancient species may have evolved more slowly and lasted longer, but the pace of evolution picked up after global ice ages, ...

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Vaguely dog-like” animal is one of the oldest-known close cousins of modern mammals. Researchers have discovered the oldest ...

Selection pressures can change in a heartbeat and steer evolution in unexpected directions. Take dinosaurs and mammals, for ...

Over time, some of those dinosaurs sprouted feathers and took to the skies—and while their reptilian cousins died off, those ...

Light helps explains the evolution of our skin color, why some of us have curly hair, and the size of our eyes. And light ...

Nov. 20, 2024 — Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part of the leg, they say ...