Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process: Count up the growth rings in the ...

This article was originally published by Quanta Magazine. When the paleontologist Michael D’Emic cut into the bones of Majungasaurus, a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed Madagascar ...

Twelve non-dinosaur rulers show Earth’s old power: armored fish, giant insects, sky titans, sea kings, and saber teeth across ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. 240 million-year-old 'warrior' crocodile ancestor from Pangaea had plated armor — and it looked ...

Of all the animals ever to have roamed the planet, the iconic long-necked, long-tailed dinosaurs known as sauropods stand unrivaled. No other terrestrial creatures have come close to attaining their ...

Where they lived: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, including Antarctica. What they ate: Some ate plants, while others ate animals, including other dinosaurs. How big they were: The ...

From museums to Hollywood films, dinosaurs are portrayed as highly active animals, but how they maintained this lifestyle isn’t clear. For decades, palaeontologists have debated whether the physiology ...

Did Pachyrhinosaurus bones always gather in such great numbers? The thousands of Pachyrhinosaurus bones found at Pipestone Creek suggests that these animals lived together in herds. But did they ...

no one today can truly imagine living among dinosaurs while modern Predators like killer whales alligators and lions are dangerous they pale in comparison to the prehistoric Beast that once roam the ...