The evolutionary path of dinosaurs is better understood today than at any other time in history. But just because there is a ...

After making a splash in early 2025 with the identification of its 183-million-year-old fossilized skin, the plesiosaur fossil MH7 (Holzmaden specimen), uncovered in Germany, is making headlines again ...

A new dinosaur species from the early Jurassic period was discovered in southwestern China, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal eLife. Scientists originally found remains of an ...

The pliosaur was a carnivorous reptilian apex predator that roamed and ruled the seas for millions of years during the Jurassic period. In late 2023, an extraordinary discovery along the rugged cliffs ...

A field crew studying fossil tracks near Lake Powell recently discovered an "extremely rare" set of prehistoric fossils along a stretch of the reservoir in Utah, officials announced on Friday. The ...

PAGE, Ariz. (WKRC) - Field crews recently discovered an extremely rare Jurassic-era fossil while documenting fossil sites along a stretch of Lake Powell. A ground crew for the Glen Canyon National ...

The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago. The new study looked ...

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Swedish palaeontologist Vivi Vajda is leading efforts to reconstruct Jurassic-era ecosystems in southern Sweden using fossil ...