Paleontology

This New Dinosaur Had Tiny Arms Just Like Tyrannosaurus Rex

The discovery may shed light on why some dinosaurs had short arms

By Abigail Abrams July 14, 2016

How Fossil Fuels (Really) May Have Killed the Dinosaurs

The asteroid that caused the great die-off may have hit in the worst possible spot

By Jeffrey Kluger July 14, 2016

Dinosaurs May Have Cooed Instead of Roared

It's down to a little thing called closed-mouth vocalization

By Tara John July 12, 2016

Indonesian 'Hobbits' Died Out Longer Ago Than Originally Thought, Study Finds

New findings raise questions about their disappearance

By Daniel White March 30, 2016

Enormous Fossilized Shark Teeth Wash Up on North Carolina Shores

The specimens come from a Megalodon

By Sarah Begley October 24, 2015

Michigan Man Digs Up Rare Woolly Mammoth Bones

A paleontologist confirmed the discovery

By Nolan Feeney April 28, 2021

This Newly Discovered Dinosaur Thrived in Alaska

The duck-billed species roamed the Last Frontier 70 million years ago

By Tanya Basu April 28, 2021

New Winged Dinosaur Discovered

The creature was feathered, but likely could not fly

By Sarah Begley April 28, 2021

Scientists Discover a New Horned Dinosaur

The dinosaur's horns were key to mating

By Tanya Basu July 8, 2015

Scientists Discover New Dinosaur

The bones were hidden in plain sight

By Alexandra Sifferlin April 28, 2021

This Is the Geekiest Marriage Proposal Ever

And it's also pretty adorable

By Kevin McSpadden June 5, 2015

The Brontosaurus Is Officially a Dinosaur Again

A new study finds the "thunder lizard" was its own type of dinosaur after all

By Justin Worland April 7, 2015

New Dragon-Like Dinosaur Discovered in China

The Qijianglong has a neck that's half the length of its body

By Sarah Begley January 30, 2015

Newly Discovered Fossils Reveal Goofy-Looking Dinosaur

"This creature wasn’t built for speed. That’s pretty obvious”

By Helen Regan October 23, 2014

Meet the Dinosaur With the Biggest Nose

"This dinosaur has a huge nose"

By Michael D. Lemonick September 22, 2014

The Biggest, Baddest Dinosaur Ever Has Been Discovered

Most of North Africa is no more than a sun-scorched desert today, but 95 million years ago the landscape was crisscrossed by rivers, dotted with marshes and populated with all sorts of reptilian monsters. The...

By Michael D. Lemonick September 12, 2014

New Dinosaur Species Unearthed in Tanzania

The massive, plant-eating sauropod may have weighed as much as several elephants

By Dan Kedmey September 9, 2014

Humans and Neanderthals Were Actually Neighbors

Paleontologists know plenty about our nearest human cousins, the Neanderthals. They know that this highly successful species walked the Earth for some 300,000 years (we've been around for less than 200,000). They know the Neanderthals...

By Michael D. Lemonick August 20, 2014

Want to See a Live Dinosaur? Set Up a Bird Feeder

An exciting new study lays out in detail how our fine feathered friends evolved from the same ancestors as the T. Rex and velociraptors over the course of millions of years, and how they managed to avoid the same doomed fate as their dinosaur cousins

By Michael D. Lemonick July 31, 2014

What Truly Killed Off the Dinosaurs?

The asteroid was simply the straw that broke the camptosaurus's back

By TIME Video April 28, 2021

Seventeen 430,000-Year-Old Skulls Discovered in "Pit of Bones"

These skulls, which precede the Neanderthals, enrich our understanding of early humans

By Giri Nathan July 9, 2014

Scientists Discover New Kind of Horned Dinosaur

A team of paleontologists has discovered a new kind of horned dinosaur

By Melissa Hellmann June 19, 2014

Chilean Students Discover 7,000-Year-Old Mummy

A group of youths participating in an archaeology workshop dug up an ancient mummy in northern Chile over the weekend

By David Stout May 27, 2014

'Biggest Dinosaur Ever' Unearthed in Argentina

Godzilla has company with this newly discovered, seven-stories-tall marvel of nature. Fortunately for other dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous era, this titanosaur was an herbivore. The remains were discovered in Argentina, and about 150 bones have been unearthed

By Sam Frizell May 18, 2014

World's Oldest Sperm Found in Australia

The 17-million-year old sperm is many times the size of human sperm and comes from an unexpected source

By Sam Frizell May 15, 2014

Researchers 3D Print a Whale Graveyard So They Can Study It Later

After road construction on the Pan-American Highway revealed a mysterious whale graveyard in Chile, researchers scrambled to figure out why so many of the mammals died in the same spot. After ongoing construction threatened to...

By Alex Fitzpatrick March 1, 2014

Paleontology

Turns Out T. Rex Would’ve Broken its Tiny Legs if it Tried to Run

New Study Highlights Connection Between Dinosaurs, Birds

Dinosaurs Took Between 3 and 6 Months to Hatch, Study Finds

Here's More Proof that Dinosaurs Had Feathers

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