New plankton arrived just a few millennia — maybe even decades — after the Chicxulub asteroid, forcing a rethink of evolution ...

A newly identified tiny dinosaur, Foskeia pelendonum, is shaking up long-held ideas about how plant-eating dinosaurs evolved.

Scientists from several countries have identified a new dinosaur species called Foskeia pelendonum, a very small plant-eating ...

Dinosaurs may have first evolved close to the equator, not in the far south of the southern hemisphere as previously thought. A modelling study suggests they originated in a region that covers what is ...

We know the main reason that the age of the dinosaurs came to an end: an asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula some 66 million years ago. But how the dinosaurs’ reign began is far less clear—and ...

Learn how tiny fossils from Spain led to the discovery of Foskeia and a new chapter in dinosaur evolution.

From riverbanks to shallow lakes, Spinosaurus combined display, biomechanics and hunting power in one of evolution’s strangest designs.

New fossil find reveals a miniature dinosaur species once mistaken for a juvenile, offering fresh clues about early ...

A 125-million-year-old fossil reveals a newly discovered dinosaur covered in unusual spikes scientists have never seen before.

The “mesozoic cow” was a dinosaur with hundreds of ever-replacing teeth. Here’s how its uniquely adapted skull allowed it to graze like cattle on low vegetation.

About 150 million years ago, the land that is now the western United States was alive with dinosaurs. New research shows that ...

Science fiction makes it seem like dinosaurs were huge reptiles. But between smaller sizes, feathers, and other factors, they ...