Dinosaurs haven’t roamed the Earth for millions of years, but the nature of their reign has sparked no shortage of controversial debates among paleontologists that remain unresolved today. Late last ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. For years, key fossils were thought by many paleontologists to be juvenile examples of ...

Despite films like "Jurassic Park" depicting Tyrannosaurus rex as nothing more than a stupid killing machine, Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel believes the mighty dinosaur "deserves better." By analyzing ...

A provocative study published earlier this year proposed that the world’s best-known and perhaps best-loved dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, was actually three separate species. Not so fast, says new ...

Tyrannosaurus subdued prey with raw power, using bone-crushing bite force. But other meat-eating dinosaurs that rivaled T. rex in size used different approaches. Giganotosaurus relied more on slashing ...

The behemoth dinosaurs grew more slowly and had longer lifespans than previously thought, a new study suggests ...

What color were the dinosaurs? Watching the Jurassic Park movies, the answer seems clear: gray, brown or, at best, dull green. In a new book, British paleontologist David Hone dryly asks: "Has there ...

Steven Spielberg’s thrilling adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park came out at a time when new advances were being made in research about dinosaurs, causing the massive beasts to take ...