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.
Why did the dinosaur lose its teeth? To become a vegetarian
These ferocious baby dinosaurs' teeth all fell out as they turned into adults.
Dinosaurs may have survived extinction events by having a huge range of body sizes
Size variations within a species or genus was very large, which may have made them more resilient to natural disasters.
'Mud Dragon' dinosaur fossil uncovered in Chinese dynamite explosion remains largely intact
The fossil suggests that a group of feathered dinosaurs was thriving right before the mass extinction.
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Dinosaur claws were tough – even the proteins in their sheaths have survived for 75 million years
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Dinosaurs might have been among the few species to survive the Great Dying mass extinction
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A decade of evolution research got its math all wrong
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Rock cores offer tantalising glimpse into life on Earth after dinosaur extinction
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Giant dinosaurs - like massive T-Rex - often had ornamented skulls
T-Rex and other large theropods that grew quickly in size often displayed crests or horns.
Scientists discover evidence that one dinosaur could make itself seem 'flat'
The Chinese Psittacosaurus could disguise itself from predators.
200 million-year-old 'monster snake' reptile identified as new species
Vivaron haydeni lived in what is now the US state of New Mexico during the Triassic Period.
Fossil analysis shines light on transition of animals from ocean to land 400 million years ago
Hundreds of millions of years ago four-limbed vertebrates began venturing out of the oceans and onto the land.
An exceptional palaeontological site going back 100,000 years is unearthed in northern Spain
Over 40 different animal species have been identified at the site, many of them superbly preserved.
Rare and tiny pterosaur discovered from the age of flying giants
Discovery alters traditional view that skies of Late Cretaceous period were dominated only by large beasts.
Major new T Rex fossil discovered
The rare discovery is estimated to be just 15% smaller than the largest T Rex ever found.
Mystery mummified monster discovered in Siberia diamond pit
Remains of a strange creature have been found by Siberian miners in diamond-yielding sands.
Bill Nye the Science Guy trashes 'brainwashing' Noah's Ark Encounter theme park
Taxpayer-backed Biblical theme park is packed with scientific inaccuracies complains Nye.
Did a burning oil spill wipe out the dinosaurs?
Asteroid impact would have burned huge oil reserves, potentially blocking 90% of the sun for years.
Mystery fossils discovered dating back 360-million-years in South Africa
Fossils from the Devonian era have been discovered, boosting knowledge of what nature was like millions of years ago.
Sclerocormus parviceps: Fast evolution of strange reptile sheds light on mass extinction events
Reptile fossil makes rapid evolution to adapt to post Permian-Triassic mass extinction era.
Mystery exodus of dinosaurs from Europe plotted by scientists
Researchers show movement of dinosaurs across the globe during Mesozoic Era.
Tiny titanosaur: Fossil of baby Rapetosaurus reveals how world's biggest dinosaurs reared young
Fossil of infant Rapetosaurus krausei shows giant dinosaurs were born with adult proportions.
Dinosaurs 'past their evolutionary prime' 50 million years before asteroid struck
Dinosaur species were going extinct faster than new ones were emerging long before mass extinction asteroid.
Giant interstellar dust cloud colliding with Earth 'pushed dinosaurs to extinction'
Study says Earth passed through an interstellar cloud 66 million years ago, cooling the planet and killing dinosaurs.
Unicorn-like creatures did exist and probably lived alongside humans
Paleontologists have dated the skull of a Siberian unicorn to 27,000 BC.
Australopithecus: Human ancestors better at adapting to new environments than thought
Australopithecus fossils found east of the Great Rift Valley shed a light on early humans spatial distribution.
Tully Monster mystery solved: 300-million-year-old creature was a vertebrate
The Tully Monster was probably a vertebrate, similar to the jawless fishes we know today.
Gigantoraptor: World's largest feathered dinosaur coming to new UK exhibition
A unique dinosaur exhibition opens at the Nottingham Natural History Museum in the summer of 2017.
Ichthyosaurs: Climate change and slow evolution pushed 'sea dragon' to extinction 90 million years ago
Ichthyosaurs became extinct long before other dinosaurs, and scientists have now worked out why.
Scientists to drill into Mexico's Chicxulub crater where dinosaur-destroying asteroid crashed
Researchers hope core samples will reveal ancient history and how life revived after devastating space-rock impact
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