Spinosaurus, the only known semiaquatic dinosaur predator, joins Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus among the largest meat-eating dinosaurs.

Ancient fossils are revealing unexpected chemical survivors, challenging long-held assumptions about how biological carbon is ...

Nyasasaurus parringtoni may take the crown as the oldest dinosaur fossil known to science. It lived during the Middle ...

A team of 20 paleontologists has announced the discovery of a new dinosaur species, ...

Advanced CT imaging of rare Devonian lungfish fossils in Australia and China is revealing unexpected anatomical details.

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

Horned ‘hell heron’ fossil found in Sahara upends what we knew about iconic Jurassic Park dinosaur - Researchers say find represents new phase of evolution for fish-eating Spinosaurus ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers from around the world visit a brown building across from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science that is only open to the public on certain ...

Ever since the first fossil was pulled from the sandstone formation at Hell Creek, Montana, at the turn of the last century, the Tyrannosaurus Rex has reigned supreme as the ultimate apex predator. In ...

“Apex,” the 150-million-year-old stegosaurus, at Sotheby’s Auction House in New York on July 10, 2024. Credit: Shutterstock On July 17, Apex the stegosaurus was sold at Sothebys in New York City for a ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. In 2003, archaeologists excavating inside Liang Bua, a cave ...

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history. César Perdomo, a rancher and fossil ...