Dinosaur

A colossal flying reptile with a wingspan near ten metres once dominated ancient skies, challenging dinosaur supremacy and rewriting flight records.

All you need to know about Troodon Formosus: The smartest dinosaur to ever walk the Earth

Scientists believe Troodon’s birdlike brain structure and complex survival strategies reveal dinosaurs were capable of some skills long before catastrophic extinction struck.

Rare & well-preserved Jurassic-era fossils, possibly of phytosaur, discovered in Jaisalmer

Previously, a type of phytosaur fossil was found on the Bihar-Madhya Pradesh border in 2023, however, this is said to be the first definitive, well-preserved find in India.

New T-Rex ancestor discovered in drawers of Mongolian institute

The fossils were first dug up in southeastern Mongolia in the early 1970s but at the time were identified as belonging to a different tyrannosaur, Alectrosaurus. For half a century, the fossils sat in the drawers at the Institute of Paleontology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences in the capital Ulaanbaatar.

Palaeontologists discover never-before-seen dinosaur feature previously unknown to science

A strange characteristic of dinosaur skulls amazed researchers, showing evidence of muscles nobody was anticipating. Something that started as curiosity in a single specimen has now introduced a new chapter on how we know dinosaur biology.

66-million-year-old fish vomit found in Denmark. Picture inside

The discovery was made when a local amateur fossil hunter Peter Bennicke found some unusual fragments the Cliffs of Stevns, a UNESCO-listed site south of Copenhagen.

10-year-old girl finds dinosaur footprints on UK beach; how a casual walk led to a historic discovery

Experts are working to verify the prints, which are thought to belong to a Camelotia, a large herbivorous dinosaur from the late Triassic period.

10-year-old girl finds 200-million-year-old dinosaur footprints during a walk on the beach

The footprints, spaced up to 75 cm apart, are thought to have been made by a creature from the sauropod family—dinosaurs distinguished by their long necks, tails, and enormous bodies.

Heavy rains uncover World's oldest dinosaur fossil in Brazil: Check its age, size and more

Heavy rains in Brazil have uncovered a 233-million-year-old dinosaur fossil, which could be the world's oldest.

280 million years old giant fossil of top predator Salamander dinosaur discovered by paleontologists

A revolutionizing discovery made by palaeontologists has found a giant salamander dinosaur fossil in Namibia. The fossil is one of the top predators during the age of dinosaurs.

Man discovered dinosaur bones on a walk and kept it a secret for 2 years

What began as a casual uncovering of a single dinosaur bone finally turned out to be a nearly complete, 30-foot-long titanosaur at 70 percent completeness.

4 people in US steal dinosaur bones worth over $1 million, sell them to China. See pics

The accused tried to evade the official agents by labeling the dinosaur fossils as wood, rocks, and stones.

'Most gigantic': 122-million-year-old dinosaur identified in Spain

when alive, the dinosaur could have reached more than 80 feet in length and stood over 30 feet tall, researchers said.

Record-breaking dinosaur footprint discovered: ‘Couldn’t believe what I was looking at’

The eastern shoreline of Yorkshire is called UK's 'dinosaur coast'. Even by those standards, the latest discovery is surprising.

Massive dinosaur skeleton found in Portugal man's backyard

The remains, uncovered in Portugal's Pombal city, are believed to belong to a sauropod dinosaur 12 meters high and 25 meters long.

Drought uncovers dinosaur footprints from 113 million years ago

A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles

Dinosaur skeleton auctioned for over $6 million, most valuable to ever be sold

The specimen is of the Gorgosaurus dinosaur species, that roamed the earth approximately 77 million years ago.

Europe's 'largest predatory dinosaur' with a crocodile-face found by UK fossil hunter

The White Rock spinosaurid -- which the researchers hope to formally name as a new species -- is from the Early Cretaceous period and is estimated to be around 125 million years old.

Jurassic World: Dominion movie review: The Giganotosaurus is back on 3D

Pop-science, a post-pandemic message for the need to co-exist with nature and familiar faces from 30 years ago in the third of the Jurassic World trilogy. Messy, convoluted and a VFX marvel.

'Preparing to hatch like a bird': Perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found in China

Researchers believe the baby dinosaur would have grown two to three meters long if it had lived to be an adult, and would have likely fed on plants.

Even the most dominant species can go extinct when the environment quickly changes: Paleontologist Steve Brusatte

Paleontologist Steve Brusatte speaks with Moneycontrol on the context of dinosaurs in the pandemic-hit world.

Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From?

For decades, scientists have debated the identity of the impactor that struck our planet that fateful day, leaving a 90-mile scar called the Chicxulub crater under what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

Google brings dinosaurs to real world through augmented reality

Users can also create AR videos or recreate their favourite scenes from the Jurassic World movies with the recording option.

Yale names new toothy dino Obamadon after smiling president

Researchers at Yale University have named a newly discovered dinosaur Obamadon gracilis in honor of the 44th US President's toothy grin.

'New dinosaur with giant nose discovered'

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur with a large prominent nose in northern Mexico, which lived about 73-million-years ago. The duck-billed dinosaur, Latirhinus uitstlani lived during the Late Cretaceous period and its wide nasal cavity might have given it incredible smell-detecting ability.