Fast-growing animals can overpower potential predators and outcompete other species, but they need plenty of food and other resources. Growing slowly is riskier, but it allows an animal to survive ...

The most intriguing fossils tell a story about the animal’s life, or where and how it lived, and paleontologists have now uncovered a doozy.The fossils of a dinosaur and a small mammal have been ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and ...

Dinosaur vs mammal: ... Province where the virtually complete fossil was found is called the "Chinese Pompeii" owing to various fossils of animals buried in volcanic eruptions.

Rebirth, separating the thrilling fiction from real-world genetic possibilities and limitations in bringing dinosaurs back.

Pterosaurs weren’t dinosaurs, they were flying reptiles that soared through prehistoric skies for over 150 million years. Some were as small as sparrows, while others had wingspans over 30 feet.

They also enable scientists to compare these dinosaurs' diets to those of other animals from the period and track how they changed over time. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now.

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 ...

Think Archaeopteryx was the first animal to fly? Think again. Scientists have uncovered multiple points of evolution in flight in dinosaur and avian fossils.

5 fast facts about dinosaurs. The heaviest known dinosaur is thought to be Argentinosaurus, a supermassive titanosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period.It may have weighed up to 180,800 ...