Now, a research team says new evidence resolves the case. The latest clue comes from a complete skeleton — first uncovered in ...

The frilled shark, a living fossil from the Cretaceous period, boasts primitive features like an eel-like body and frilled gill slits. This deep-sea predator, rarely seen, offers insights into ...

Ancient skin pigments reveal that many turtles and "sea monsters" sported dark colors for tens of millions of years, a new study says.

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Researchers have unearthed two dinosaur "mummies" in the badlands of Wyoming, confirming duck-billed dinosaurs had hooves, alongside a string of other discoveries.

The skeletons of a duck-billed dinosaur found more than 100 years ago are so well-preserved that they contain fleshy body ...

New research has identified a dinosaur "mummy zone" in a series of ravines near Lusk, Wyoming. It's produced two mummies of a fleshy dinosaur with ...

A paleontologist explains the latest science about Troodon formosus, and whether it was really the smartest dinosaur.

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or ...

Scientists have long debated whether a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s was a young T. rex or a distinct species.

About 250 million years ago, as life was recovering from Earth’s greatest mass extinction, some reptiles began to change ...