Medicine & TechnologyThe first discovery of duckbill fossils in Africa offers an insight into how dinosaurs might have crossed the open ocean to arrive at the continent.
There are multiple theories regarding how crocodiles and birds became separate species after millions of years of sharing the same ancestral species. British scientists may be one step closer in discovering how the two species evolved as they analyze the unique anatomy of the Euparkeria dinosaur.
Paleontologists all over the world continue to search for dinosaur remains. Usually, the remains will be a discovery of tracks that were preserved on stones or on caves. However, remnants of soft tissues in the body like the skin or the muscles are very rare. Oftentimes, the ones they find are not well-preserved and couldn't distinguish whether it's from dinosaurs or not. In fact, only 1% of most of the discoveries show traces of the skin.
The footprints of a mysterious reptile that lived about 250 million years ago have been identified in fossils from the Pyrenees mountains. Scientists say the new species is a member of the group that gave rise to crocodiles and dinosaurs.
Researchers in Utah have discovered a new type of sauropod dinosaur. They named the plant-eating dino Moabosaurus Utahensis after the place that yielded its bones, Utah's Moab desert.
Maiasaura dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years yet paleontologists are still on the look out for possible clues about their life and their death. What could have caused the short life and early death of Maiasaura dinosaur babies?