Dinosaur excavation sites in China inundated by floods

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 18:55

Flooding in northeastern China has inundated famous dinosaur excavation sites and a local museum, as workers worry dinosaur fossils may be swept away.

Giant plant-eating dinosaurs had stiff necks

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 12:36

A new study suggests that giant plant-eating dinosaurs had stiffer necks than the creatures portrayed in films and on TV.

New finding suggests three dinosaur species are one

Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 16:10

Researchers have found that the fossil specimens of three dinosaur species actually belong to one single specie.

Fossil of dueling dinosaurs to be auctioned

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 20:13

A well-preserved fossil of two dinosaurs locked in a prehistoric death match is expected to fetch between USD 7 to USD 9 million when it goes under the hammer later this year.

Non flying dinosaurs evolved `flight ready` brains

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 12:58

Some non-avian dinosaurs evolved the brainpower necessary to fly before they actually took to the air as birds, a new study has revealed.

Archaeologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:11

A team of archaeologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico.

Dinosaurs were warm-blooded: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 15:59

Dinosaurs were warm-blooded like birds and mammals, not cold-blooded like reptiles as commonly believed, a new study has found.

Plant-eating dinosaurs replaced teeth every 2 months

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:54

A new study has revealed that some of the largest herbivorous dinosaurs replaced their teeth at a rate of approximately one tooth every 1-2 months to compensate for tooth wear from crunching up plants.

How plant-eating dinosaurs co-existed millions of years ago

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 15:09

A new study helps answer a long-standing question in palaeontology, as to how numerous species of large, plant-eating dinosaurs could co-exist successfully over geological time.

Carnivorous dinosaurs roamed Nagasaki 84 million years ago

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 19:09

Two preserved tooth fragment fossils of a prehistoric meat-eater dinosaur were discovered in a layer of earth, which is about 84 million years old, on the Nagasaki Peninsula.

Dinosaurs crawled on all fours like toddlers

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 13:21

Dinosaurs once crawled on all fours like human toddlers before switching to walk on two feet as they reached adolescence, a first-of-its-kind study has found.