An experiment on reptile decomposition aims to shed light on a variety of paleontological mysteries, including why so many ...

So Dilophosaurus is no longer believed to have been venomous; but what about other dinosaurs?  In 2009, a small, feathered ...

Learn more about the animals you thought were dinosaurs, and the animal we thought wasn't a dinosaur, but actually is.

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 million to 230 million years ago in the Triassic Period, and went extinct ...

Tainrakuasuchus bellator, a swift croc ancestor from Brazil, reveals that fierce reptile predators ruled Earth long before ...

Ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs learned to fly while their brains were small, taking a very different path from ...

Paleontologists at the University of Chicago have revealed fossilized duck-billed dinosaur specimens from Wyoming that were carefully prepared in the Fossil Lab. These fossils preserve soft tissue and ...

Editor’s Note: Science has transformed our understanding of dinosaurs in the past two decades. Get caught up with what’s new in this five-part CNN series. One close glimpse of a modern bird, ...

Scientists have identified the remains found in 1989 as fossils belonging to a dinosaur species named M. kuttyi.

Scientists say they've discovered the fossilized bones of a new type of pterosaur, a flying dinosaur-age reptile, which lived about 68 million years ago and had a wingspan of nearly 10 feet (3-meters) ...

It’s hard to pick a favorite dish on your Thanksgiving plate. But regardless of your selection, there’s a decent chance its ...

Where they lived: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, including Antarctica. What they ate: Some ate plants, while others ate animals, including other dinosaurs. How big they were: The ...