Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 million to 230 million years ago in the Triassic Period, and went extinct ...

About 66 million years ago, a herd of herbivorous dinosaurs succumbed to drought – tragically, just hours or days before heavy rains fell. We know this because they left some of the most incredibly ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists may have solved one of paleontology's enduring mysteries - the evolutionary origins of the flying reptiles called pterosaurs that ruled the skies at the same time ...

Explore massive dinosaur replicas and prehistoric landscapes at this Pennsylvania park that’s perfect for a fun, educational ...

A fossil of Mirasaura grauvogeli that shows its bird-like skull and crest along its back. Credit: Stephan Spiekman Paleontologists have identified an ancient reptile with a towering crest made not of ...

The juvenile dinosaur is so well preserved that its individual cells can still be identified under a microscope.

The skull of Triceratops looks almost exaggerated, as if someone enlarged the front half without adjusting the rest. Paleontologists have long studied its horns and frill, yet the cavernous nasal ...

A fossilized Mussaurus egg that was the subject of one of two new studies documenting soft-shelled eggs at the time of the dinosaurs. Mussaurus was a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that grew to 20 ...

Scientists say they've discovered the fossilized bones of a new type of pterosaur, a flying dinosaur-age reptile, which lived about 68 million years ago and had a wingspan of nearly 10 feet (3-meters) ...

Editor’s Note: Science has transformed our understanding of dinosaurs in the past two decades. Get caught up with what’s new in this five-part CNN series. One close glimpse of a modern bird, ...

To sort the earliest branches of the dinosaur family tree, paleontologists compare skeletons piece by piece. They build ...