Flying dinosaurs roamed England 110 million years ago

Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 11:32

A new study has found that a wide variety of flying reptiles were present in England 110 million years ago.

Dinosaurs possibly the earliest animals to get toothache

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 15:39

Scientists found the fossilised jawbone of Sinosaurus, presumed to have existed 190 million years ago, and concluded that it could be the earliest discovered animal that had a toothache.

New chicken-like flying dinosaur discovered in China

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 18:48

Researchers have discovered a new flying dinosaur in China - roughly the same size as a chicken - that lived about 150 million years ago.

New speedy, herbivorous dinosaur discovered in Canada

Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 14:15

A new quick-footed herbivorous dinosaur, that roamed the Earth 77 million years ago, has been discovered in Canada.

T. rex`s smaller cousin ate like a falcon

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 15:55

New study has shown that T. rex`s smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more like a modern-day falcon.

Rare fossils give insight into dinosaur brain development

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 13:25

A new analysis of differently-aged brain fossils from the same species of dinosaur has revealed new insights into how the organ developed in the 150-million-year old creatures.

Mum and dad Theropod dinosaurs shared incubation duties

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 11:30

A new study into the incubation behavior of modern birds has shed new light on the type of parental care carried out by their long extinct ancestors -Theropods, a group of carnivorous dinosaurs from which birds descended.

Mum and dad dinosaurs shared work load!

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 13:58

Dinosaurs shared the load when it came to incubation of eggs, according to a new study into the brooding behaviour of birds.

New species of meat-eating dinosaur discovered

Last Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 12:18

Fossil remains found in northwestern China have been identified as a new species of small theropod, or meat-eating, dinosaur.

Dinosaurs` lineage traced to Tanzania, Zambia

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 16:31

Newly discovered fossils from 10 million years after the mass extinction reveal a lineage of animals thought to have led to dinosaurs in Tanzania and Zambia.

Early flying dinosaur hunted slippery fish

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 11:13

Microraptor, a small flying dinosaur was a complete hunter, able to swoop down and pickup fish as well as its previously known prey of birds and tree dwelling mammals, a University of Alberta led research has revealed.

Meat-eating dinosaurs hatched eggs like brooding birds

Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 13:07

Researchers examining fossil eggs have found that a small, bird-like North American dinosaur incubated its eggs in a similar way to brooding birds - bolstering the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs.