Coelophysis is an early theropod dinosaur, a pioneering member of a group that will one day give rise to some of the biggest carnivores ever to live. He’s a lot more humble in his size, however, ...

[Photo by Zhao Chuang/For China Daily] Chinese scientists have identified two new dinosaur species in Northeast China, shedding light on the evolution of small, feathered theropods and the remarkable ...

Imagine stumbling upon a fossil so delicate that it reveals the ghostly outline of ancient feathers, hinting at a lost world ...

Scientists have discovered two new feathered dinosaur species in northeastern China hidden in 125-million-year-old fossils.

“Therizinosaurs are some of the weirdest dinosaurs ever. They were theropods — so, related to meat-eaters — but they looked ...

[Photo/China Daily] Chinese scientists have identified two new dinosaur species in Northeast China, shedding light on the evolution of small, feathered theropods and the remarkable diversity of ...

The footprints, preserved in rocks dating back to the Jurassic, are from a theropod dinosaur that – until now – had never been reported in Sardinia. Thanks to this exceptional discovery ...

Reconstruction of a late Maastrichtian (~66 million years ago) palaeoenvironment in North America, where a floodplain is roamed by dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, Edmontosaurus annectens and ...

Determining what dinosaurs tasted like is not an easy question to answer ... These creatures — or even large sauropods — typically have slower metabolisms than fast-moving theropods. Since they would ...

Researchers report their discovery of fluorescent pigments in the feathers of Long-eared Owls, that can only be seen by humans with the help of ultraviolet light. While there is an astounding ...

A study suggests dinosaurs weren’t fading before the asteroid hit – fossil gaps, not a real decline, may explain why their diversity seemed to dip. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Dinosaurs may not have been ...

Duonychus is one of the few species of theropod dinosaur that evolved two-fingered hands. The fossil was first spotted in the 1970s but only in recent times was it possible to extract and study it.