All continents during the Triassic Period were part of a single land mass called ... It was in this environment that the reptiles known as dinosaurs first evolved. Reptiles tend to flourish in hot ...

"We think of dinosaurs as these giant behemoths, but they didn't start out that way." With a recent radioisotopic analysis of the fossil specimens dating the remains to around 230 million years old, ...

The excavation itself is also now the subject of a BBC broadcast, available to stream in the U.S. Here's everything to know about the unearthed "dinosaur highway," and what may be next for ...

For generations, dinosaurs have captivated the human imagination. However, the precise origins and early spread of these ancient behemoths have long remained a mystery. Paleontologists have been ...

But until now, the fossil record suggested that it took up to 10 million years for dinosaurs to spread to the northern half of Pangea, known as Laurasia, which has since been split up into North ...

O’Connor calls this question the “million-dollar question of dinosaur paleobiology,” because scientists don’t exactly know. But one key hypothesis is that birds are simply ... O’Connor, for one, is ...

Scientists recently discovered the world's smallest known sauropod dinosaur footprints in eastern Xizang autonomous region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Scientists recently discovered the ...