Sinosauropteryx was a small carnivorous dinosaur whose fossils preserved clear feather impressions Its discovery provided strong evidence that feathers existed long before true birds took flight Scien ...

Fossilized remains of a new species of dinosaur that lived 90 million years ago have been discovered in Patagonia, Argentine paleontologists announced on Thursday. The winged dinosaur had legs similar ...

Paleontology, the study of prehistoric organisms, relies almost entirely on the fossilized remains of extinct plants and animals. We look at what’s left of their bones or the imprints left by leaves ...

A discovery in China has revealed a dinosaur covered in hollow spikes, similar to a porcupine's quills, a feature never seen before in these ancient reptiles. The fossil, found near the village of ...

In Argentina’s Patagonia region 95 million years ago, some huge dinosaurs roamed the landscape including fearsome meat-eater Giganotosaurus, at about eight tons, and immense long-necked plant-eater ...