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The Sun may have had an evil twin named Nemesis that could have wiped out all dinosaurs
Astronomers suspect that the Sun's twin 'escaped' into space, 'never to be seen again.'
India Ashok Jun 17, 2017
Strange 'spirit of the water' reptile from dinosaur age discovered in the Volga River
The pliosaur was a more gentle relative of its large and fearsome cousins.
Martha Henriques Jun 16, 2017
Newly discovered 72 million-year-old complete dinosaur skeleton is largest ever found in Japan
The dinosaur's fossil measures at 8 metres and is the third in the world to be discovered from a marine stratum.
India Ashok Jun 07, 2017
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry: Mysterious fossil bed reveals more secrets about how dinosaurs died
The quarry is the densest deposit of Jurassic dinosaur bones discovered to date.
Léa Surugue Jun 06, 2017
Scientists discover a star that exploded 970 million years ago - long before dinosaurs existed
The supernova was found by scientists with the help of volunteers from the public.
May 25, 2017
Dinosaurs: 66 million years ago triceratops roamed in Mississippi
A tooth of the dinosaur was discovered at Owl Creek.
Martha Henriques May 23, 2017
Giant T-Rex could crush three cars in one bite
Scientists have modelled how T-Rex crushed bones of its prey.
Léa Surugue May 17, 2017
Asteroid hit Armageddon bullseye to wipe out the dinosaurs, scientists believe
Potentially groundbreaking results are to be revealed in the BBC2 documentary The Day the Dinosaurs Died.
Alex Taylor May 14, 2017
Deadly 'superbug' resistant to nearly all antibiotics emerged on Earth long before the dinosaurs
Enteroccoci emerged with the first animals that crawled on land some 450 million years ago.
Léa Surugue May 11, 2017
Newly discovered fossils in 3.48 billion-year-old rocks are world's oldest evidence of life on land
The new discovery indicates that microbial life existed in hot springs far earlier than previously known.
India Ashok May 10, 2017
Smuggled dinosaur embryo 'Baby Louie' identified as entirely new giant bird-like species
The Baby Louie fossil was discovered more than two decades ago in China.
Léa Surugue May 09, 2017
Last dinosaur alive? 'African T-Rex' went extinct right at the end of their reign on Earth
The dinosaur had extraordinarily tiny arms.
Martha Henriques May 04, 2017
145m-year-old feathered dinosaur sheds light on the origin of flight
The discovery shows that advanced aerodynamic feathers evolved much earlier than thought.
Martha Henriques May 02, 2017
Early dinosaur cousin looked like a strange hybrid of a dinosaur and a crocodile
The dinosaur relative Teleocrater had features in common with crocodilians, dinosaurs and birds.
Martha Henriques Apr 12, 2017
Massive ancient Colorado earthquake linked to asteroid impact that killed dinosaurs
Scientists have discovered evidence of fault displacement linked to the end-Cretaceous asteroid impact.
Apr 12, 2017
Stubby-nosed fossil discovered to be oldest crocodilian-like phytosaur
The fossil is the oldest known member of the semi-aquatic phytosaurs.
Martha Henriques Apr 10, 2017
Newly discovered in Montana, this Tyrannosaurus had a sensitive side – just look at its face
Comparisons of fossil skulls with modern birds and crocodilians showed that the tyrannosaur probably had a very sensitive face.
Martha Henriques Mar 30, 2017
Unprecedented discovery of 21 dinosaur tracks in Australia's Jurassic Park is 'globally unparalleled'
The tracks had been known for decades but no one had ever investigated them in depth.
Léa Surugue Mar 27, 2017
Drones will go dinosaur hunting to help scientists track prehistoric footprints
Drone mapping of dinosaurs' tracks is expected to revolutionise the way researchers investigate dinosaurs.
India Ashok Mar 25, 2017
For nearly 130 years, we've been getting dinosaurs' family tree all wrong
Another look at the evolutionary history of dinosaurs resolves a long-standing puzzle about birds' earliest ancestors.
Martha Henriques Mar 23, 2017
1.6 billion-year-old plant-like fossil discovered in India may be the world's oldest
The discovery was made by scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Agamoni Ghosh Mar 15, 2017
Here's a tiny Jurassic chicken dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago
The species, Anchiornis, already had drumstick-shaped legs and bird-like footpads.
Hannah Osborne Feb 28, 2017
China: Heavily pregnant dinosaur-like reptile fossil discovered
The find is the first in its group – which includes dinosaurs – to have given birth to live young.
Martha Henriques Feb 14, 2017
Two massive magma plumes fuelled Deccan Traps eruption 65 million years ago
Mass eruption at one of the world's biggest volcanic features contributed to extinction of the dinosaurs.
Hannah Osborne Feb 09, 2017
Unprecedented preservation of dinosaur soft tissue discovered with proteins 195 million years old
Haematite made from dinosaur blood acted as an antioxidant to preserve the protein collagen, palaeontologists say.
Martha Henriques Jan 31, 2017
Giant fossil found in Transylvania was a ferocious flying predator that could devour horse-sized dinosaurs
The pterosaur Hatzegopteryx had a thick stocky neck that allowed it to eat very large prey.
Martha Henriques Jan 30, 2017
180-million-year-old relative of vampire squid unearthed at newly-discovered Jurassic fossil bed
Many of the specimens found at the site are incredibly rare, with soft body parts preserved including bones.
Martha Henriques Jan 26, 2017
A 75-million-year-old lizard species that lived with dinosaurs has been discovered on Egg Mountain
The newly discovered species lived alongside dinosaurs at Egg Mountain in Montana, US.
Martha Henriques Jan 25, 2017
Why did dinosaurs go extinct but birds survived? Answer revealed - in eggs
Dinosaurs were lumbered with an evolutionary 'dead man's hand' that birds escaped.
Martha Henriques Jan 02, 2017
Why did the dinosaur lose its teeth? To become a vegetarian
These ferocious baby dinosaurs' teeth all fell out as they turned into adults.
Martha Henriques Dec 22, 2016
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