That’s the literal translation of the term Dinosauria, coined by Sir Richard Owen in the 19th century to describe the colossal bones early paleontologists were unearthing. For a long time, the name ...

This piece first appeared in the Front Matter section of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A small but fierce jawbone sits in Argentina’s natural science museum in Buenos Aires. Six ...

The mystery behind the origins of the dinosaurs may have been given a new twist, with a modeling study suggesting they may have evolved in what is today equatorial Africa and South America. This would ...

Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, but its direct ancestor came from Asia, crossing a land bridge connecting the continents more than 70 million years ago, according to a new study led by UCL ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid smashed into Earth. Life has undergone at least five mass extinctions in the ...

Where are all the east coast dinosaurs? Where are all the east coast dinosaurs? Why don’t we find famous species like Triceratops in Central Park? Turns out, evolution and geology came together to ...

Mixodectes pungens lived only a few million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. By Laura Baisas Published Mar 11, 2025 2:30 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

Dinosaurs were once assumed to have been ectothermic, or cold-blooded, an idea that makes sense given that they were reptiles. While scientists had previously discovered evidence of dinosaur species ...

Rhinos’ evolutionary relationships became a little clearer with the sequencing of the oldest proteins yet. Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced.

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed molecules from extinct relatives of rhinos and other large mammals, have pushed ...