New study finds dinosaurs weren’t declining before asteroid impact; a biased fossil record misled decades of paleontology.

A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest mollusks, has now been conclusively reclassified by ...

The National Museum of Natural History contains the petrified remains of ancient trees that were once the centerpiece of a ...

Meet Horridus — one of the most complete Triceratops fossils ever discovered. Found in Montana, Horridus at Melbourne Museum in Australia in the new exhibit "Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs." The ...

Beginning May 31, the touring exhibition “Ultimate Dinosaurs” will challenge guests’ understanding of the prehistoric ...

Most people picture the time of dinosaurs as a steamy, tropical world. But during the Late Cretaceous period, northern Alaska ...

The latest research suggests that echidnas and platypuses originate from an aquatic ancestor, rather than a terrestrial one, ...

A complete Mixodectes pungens skeleton reveals it was a leaf-eating, tree-dwelling mammal closely related to primates and ...

New fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure ...

This week, uncover the secrets of an 18th century mummy, meet an ancestor of unusual modern mammals, see the sun like never ...

For 'Jurassic Park' fans wondering if that technology could actually exist, one company is working on something similar — ...

The repeated evolution of huge birds is part of the dinosaurian legacy. Beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to have survived ...