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Dinosaurs October 21, 2015

Roots of ancient flowers reach back to dinosaur times

Newfound fossils hint that flowering plants arose 100 million years earlier than scientists previously thought, suggesting flowers may have existed when the first known dinosaurs roamed Earth, researchers say.

Dinosaurs October 21, 2015

Thousands of dino tracks found along Alaska's Yukon river

Researchers may have just scratched the surface of a major new dinosaur site nearly inside the Arctic Circle.

Dinosaurs October 21, 2015

Knobby-headed beast roamed ancient desert

More than 200 million years ago a bumpy-faced, cow-size creature, roamed the central desert of what was then the supercontinent Pangea, a new study finds.

Dinosaurs October 21, 2015

No 'Jurassic Park': Dinosaurs off the de-extinction menu, scientists say

Dinosaurs won't be coming soon to a park near you -- although bringing them back to life might be possible.

Dinosaurs October 21, 2015

Crocodiles once battled dinosaurs, scientists say

Crocodile-like beasts may have nibbled on young dinosaurs some 75 million years ago, according to scientists who analyzed bite marks on dinosaur bones

Dinosaurs October 20, 2015

Stampeding dinosaurs were actually swimming

Fossilized track marks from a stampede of dinosaurs in Australia actually may have come from swimming animals, new research suggests.

Dinosaurs October 20, 2015

Stampeding dinosaurs were actually swimming

Fossilized track marks from a stampede of dinosaurs in Australia actually may have come from swimming animals, new research suggests.

Dinosaurs October 20, 2015

NASA lifts four-toed footprints from own backyard

A chunk of stone bearing dinosaur footprints has been carefully lifted from the grounds of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., scientists report

Dinosaurs October 20, 2015

First swimming dinosaur was 'half-duck, half-crocodile'

The fearsome Spinosaurus is one of the icons of the dinosaur pantheon.

Dinosaurs October 20, 2015

Ancient toothless pterosaurs once dominated the world's skies

Giant toothless pterosaurs with wingspans stretching 39 feet (12 meters) across ruled the skies 60 million years ago, and new research suggests that these ancient flying creatures once had a worldwide presence, and likely played an important role in the Late Cretaceous ecosystem

Dinosaurs October 20, 2015

Honey, who shrunk the dinosaurs? Study traces dinosaur evolution into early birds

Scientists have mapped how a group of fearsome, massive dinosaurs evolved and shrank to the likes of robins and hummingbirds.