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See how much you know about the prehistoric beasts that once roamed the Earth.

Aiming to help eradicate the 'performance dinosaur' otherwise known as the standard American home, Bensonwood launches an affordable green prefab offshoot dubbe

Scientists have uncovered the mystery of beak evolution.

New research seems to demonstrate that iridium, a rare metal found in meteorites, can kill cancer cells.

The 100-million-year-old sandstone slab of 70 mammal and dinosaur tracks from the Cretaceous period is one of the rarest ever discovered.

New genetic evidence shows that Solenodons survived the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Miners in Australia uncover the opal-filled fossil of a dog-size herbivore named Weewarrasaurus pobeni.

If dinosaurs had telescopes and had pointed them at Saturn, they might have seen a ringless world.

Scientists have found structures that resemble an emu's red blood cells, and others that look like collagen, inside 75 million-year-old dinosaur bones.

The discovery offers new insights about dinosaur plumage, hinting at a 'chestnut brown' creature that couldn't fly.

Is a kinder, gentler Exxon/Mobil — with Rex Tillerson at its helm — really changing its stripes?

Researchers studying fossilized bivalves discovered evidence of a one-two punch of cataclysmic climate change.

Here are five hot trends that paleontologists expect to see in 2016 and the years ahead.

Fossil reveals plumage patterns of these ancient beasts, further establishing an evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds.

Australian researchers have traced the largest dinosaur footprint ever found, an intimidating 5-foot, 9-inch long impression made by a giant sauropod.

Researchers think they may have clues after looking at 60 impressions of sauropod tracks.

Theropods like the T. Rex have their bony cranial ornamentation to thank for their enormous size.

Rescuers scrambled to save 90-million-year-old Wollemi pines from encroaching fire in Australia.

A new tyrannosaur species of dinosaur called Thanatotheristes degrootorum or 'Reaper of Death' in Greek was discovered in Alberta.

Think of it as a cross between a lizard and an eel — at the scale of a Tyrannosaurus rex.

Staff at the Age of Dinosaurs in Winton breathe new life into the showcase for a time when tourists return to its prehistoric plains.

It's hoped that a fossil hunting expedition to Lightning Ridge will lead to the discovery of new Australian dinosaurs.

Built in 1925, the Noojee Hotel catered for the growing timber industry in the area, providing accommodation and beer. Then in the early 1960s, a series of dinosaur sculptures were made by local man Jack Kelly. Their reputation preceded them and after much wear and tear, they were thrown out to waste. Now two locals have reignited Noojee's love affair with the prehistoric animal.

Giant fibreglass dinosaur Big Kev has escaped extinction after a community outside Darwin demanded it be saved.

The shrinking town of Poochera is pinning its hopes of survival on a big statue and a prehistoric ant, and locals say their plan may just be enough to save their home from dying out completely.

The dismantling of Big Kev, Darwin's resident brachiosaurus, has become the latest example of the lengths communities will go to to protect a local icon.

Several groups of reptiles persisted in Jurassic Africa even as volcanism ruined their habitat

A chicken-sized raptor relative adds credence to the idea that flight evolved multiple times among ground-faring dinosaurs.

Thousands of fossils from Colorado show how plants and animals evolved together after an asteroid devastated life on Earth.

Two sites preserve around 50 footprints, a discovery that highlights the richness of prehistoric life on the island

New scans suggest unhatched dinosaurs reabsorbed a set of teeth during development

Its paddle-like tail, unearthed in Morocco, suggests the Cretaceous carnivore ventured into the water to hunt

A dinosaur species, one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs known to man, had a giant fin tail as well as a centre of gravity which was highly suitable for swimming.

કોરોનાનો હાહાકાર : સ્પેનમાં લૉકડાઉન બાદ ઘરમાં કેદ એક શખ્સે રસ્તા પર મુક્ત મને ફરવા અપનાવી અનોખી યુક્તિ

The mummified remains of a duck-billed dinosaur contain a grey pigment, suggesting it was grey, although other pigments may have been lost during fossilisation

Sauropod dinosaurs grew to 25 metres or more in length and weighed several tonnes – but footprints in Texas seem to suggest they sometimes walked on just two legs

When a bizarre fossil appeared for sale in Europe, it looked so odd it had to be fake. But a high-tech investigation introduced us to Halzkaraptor escullei – part velociraptor, part penguin

An analysis of eggshells from three kinds of dinosaurs shows they were all warm-blooded, suggesting that dinosaurs’ ancestors were also warm-blooded

We know some birds use fluorescent pigments to enhance the brightness of their feathers or beaks – and now it seems some dinosaurs might have done this too

A new species of dinosaur has been named from a skull measuring only 1.4 centimetres across. The dinosaur was smaller than any living bird today

A 99-million-year-old skull recently discovered in amber might actually belong to a lizard, rather than a tiny bird-like dinosaur as first thought

A well-preserved fossilised tail from Spinosaurus suggests this massive dinosaur may have been able to propel itself and hunt for prey in the water

Many people assume an asteroid triggered the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs, but geologists say massive volcanic eruptions occurred at the same time

Some of the first dinosaurs may have lived and hunted on the largest delta plain ever discovered, which was 10 times the size of the Amazon river delta

When a bizarre fossil appeared for sale in Europe, it looked so odd it had to be fake. But a high-tech investigation introduced us to Halzkaraptor escullei – part velociraptor, part penguin

A well-preserved fossilised tail from Spinosaurus suggests this massive dinosaur may have been able to propel itself and hunt for prey in the water

An analysis of the fossilized teeth of Deinonychus antirrhopus, a species of wolf-sized dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived between 115 and 108 million years ago (Cretaceous period) in what is now the United States, adds to the growing evidence that this and other raptors were not complex social hunters by modern mammalian standards. The image of [...]