A strange crocodile relative that may have shifted from four legs to two is shedding light on convergent evolution and the hidden diversity of Triassic ecosystems. A “peculiar” reptile from the age of ...

Scientists uncovered a rare baby dinosaur in South Korea and named it Doolysaurus after a famous cartoon character. Using cutting-edge CT scans, they discovered hidden bones—including a skull—inside ...

A badly mangled dinosaur skull, once forgotten in a drawer, turned out to be a rare and important discovery. Reconstructed by ...

A rare crab found in India shows both male and female traits, helping scientists unlock secrets of sex development and ...

The researchers who found the fossil named the new species after a beloved cartoon character Jun Seong Yi Researchers discovered a new dinosaur species, which they named Doolysaurus, through a fossil ...

Scientists and divers have made some of the coolest underwater discoveries worldwide in recent years. From mysterious underwater crop circles created by a threatened species to archeologists ...

Named after French explorer Jacques Cousteau, Megachelicerax cousteaui is the oldest of its kind ever found, not to mention ...

A group of scientists recently announced that they had discovered a new species of dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the Sahara Desert Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at ...

Southern Africa is widely recognized for its rich fossil record, preserving evidence of ancient life, including dinosaurs.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paleontologist Paul Sereno with a skull cast of the Spinosaurus mirabilis. “This find was so sudden and amazing," said Paul Sereno ...

A group of scientists has found a new species of dinosaur that was as long as a bus and hunted for fish. The new species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, was discovered in Niger by a team led by Paul Sereno, ...