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The U.S.'s return to the moon with NASA's Artemis program will not be a mere stroll in the park. Instead it will be a perilous journey to a lunar location representing one of the most extreme...
Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars' barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks here were once soaked with water, a new study reveals. These mounds are all that is...

New dinosaur, Archaeocursor asiaticus, hints at early Gondwana to Laurasia migration

A newly identified dinosaur from southwestern China is revealing what appears to be the earliest-diverging ornithischian dinosaur in Asia. A multi-institution investigation in China...

Apex the Stegosaur, the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold, heads to a museum

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) unveiled today a new addition to its dinosaur collection: an 8.2-meter-long Stegosaurus dubbed “Apex.” With nearly 80%...

Fossilized dung reveals clues to dinosaur success story

In an international collaboration, researchers at Uppsala University have been able to identify undigested food remains, plants and prey in the fossilized feces of...

Parasaurolophus pipes: Modeling the dinosaur’s crest to study its sound

Fossils might give a good image of what dinosaurs looked like, but they can also teach scientists what they sounded like. The Parasaurolophus is...

Dinosaur drumsticks, X-ray videos and 3D models shed light on the evolution of bird motion

Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of Yale paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part...

Ankylosaurid dinosaur, unearthed in China in 1986, identified as a new species

A team of archaeologists and paleontologists at the Jiangxi Provincial Museum, working with colleagues from Yunnan University, all in China, has found that the...

Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China

A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is...

A tiny relative of the Triceratops: International team discovers a new horned dinosaur

Carleton University's Michael Ryan is part of an international research team that has discovered a well-preserved fossil of a new horned dinosaur in Japan's...

New species of tyrannosaurid dinosaur identified in China

A team of paleontologists at the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History in China reports a new species of tyrannosaurid dinosaur. Their find is published...

Brazilian researchers discover dinosaur fossil after heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul

A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered a fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs after heavy rains...

Stegosaurus fossil fetches nearly $45M, setting record for dinosaur auctions

The nearly complete fossilized remains of a stegosaurus fetched $44.6 million at auction Wednesday, Sotheby's said. The buyer's name was not disclosed. The fossil, dubbed...

Brazilian researchers discover dinosaur fossil after heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul

A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered a fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world's oldest dinosaurs after heavy rains...

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