Researchers collected and vaporized samples from fossilized eggshells in China's Qinglongshan fossil reserve. They calculated how old the eggs were by measuring accumulated lead and uranium atoms in ...

Despite its reputation, science isn't immune from making mistakes or chasing sensationalism, but one hoax in particular was ...

With each new discovery in paleontology, we are gradually moving away from the Hollywood-inspired image of dinosaurs popularized by the Jurassic Park series. One of the most striking shifts has been ...

Dinosaurs didn't always resemble the creatures that cinema has shown us. A recent discovery in China is once again transforming our vision of these creatures. A new dinosaur, named ...

Using uranium-lead dating, researchers calculated the age of the eggs, rather than the sediments around them, at the Qinglongshan site in China ...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur measuring at 39 feet long. Huashanosaurus qini, discovered in the Guangxi region of China, is part of a new genus and species of ...

YICHUN, China, Sept. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the sidelines of an international fossil protection forum in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, hundreds of participants eagerly picked up ...

BEIJING — The remains of a giant, birdlike dinosaur as tall as the formidable tyrannosaur have been found in China, a surprising discovery that indicates a more complicated evolutionary process for ...

(CNN) — A clutch of 28 dinosaur eggs found in the Qinglongshan fossil reserve in central China is about 86 million years old, according to scientists who used an “atomic clock” method to date the ...