Fossils

Animals

This tiny dinosaur is officially T. rex’s cousin

A newly identified dinosaur species fills a gap in the tyrannosaur family tree.

Animals

Paleontologists find the first fossilized egg inside an ancient bird

For the first time, paleontologists have found an unlaid egg inside an ancient bird fossil. That egg may have caused its mother’s death.

Fossils

Mini tyrannosaur fills big evolutionary gap

A newfound dinosaur named “omen of doom” fills a gap in tyrannosaur evolution. It helps to narrow when the group sized up.

Animals

Bones show ancient marine reptile was a big baby

A new study of a rare baby plesiosaur reveals that these marine reptiles were huge at birth, then continued to grow speedily.

Fossils

This robot shows how an ancient creature might have walked

Scientists used fossils, footprints, a computer models and a life-sized walking robot to find out how an ancient creature moved.

Animals

These fuzz-covered flying reptiles had catlike whiskers

New fossils are changing the look of ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs.

Fossils

A skeleton named ‘Little Foot’ causes big debate

New studies suggest a fossil hominid called Little Foot belongs to the species Australopithecus prometheus. Other scientists question whether such a species exists.

Fossils

T. rex pulverized bones with an incredible amount of force

Tyrannosaurus rex’s powerful bite and remarkably strong teeth helped the dinosaur crush bones.

Animals

What ‘The Meg’ doesn’t quite get right about megalodon sharks

A paleobiologist helps separate shark fact from fiction in the new Jason Statham film The Meg.

Animals

There’s more than one way to build a giant dinosaur

Some early long-necked dinosaurs may have built big bodies from a different blueprint than their later giant relatives.

Animals

This extinct bird boasted dinosaur-like teeth

Fossil skulls from an ancient bird shows this flyer had a beak — but dino-like chompers to chew through its prey.

Animals

Hefty dinosaurs had a trick for sitting on eggs safely

To keep their eggs warm without squashing them, some heavy dinosaurs laid eggs in a ring and sat in a space at the middle.