Dinosaurs ruled Earth for millions of years, but according to the most widely accepted theory, a massive asteroid wiped them ...

The physical differences between the earliest known fossils and those from the dinosaurs that lived much later suggest that animals had already been evolving for some time. Paleontologists believe ...

This illustration provided by the University of Vigo and University College London, depicts a dromaeosaur incubating its eggs as snow falls. The raptor, along with other select dinosaurs, may have ...

A ferocious relative of the crocodile that hunted dinosaurs has been discovered, a forgotten superpredator from the ...

About 60 million years ago, long before humans and just after the dinosaurs vanished, a giant snake rose to the top of Earth’s food chain.

Disney may have its dinosaurs speaking English, but that seems almost tame compared with the startling conclusions that scientists have reached about these Mesozoic reptiles lately. Finding vegetation ...

Researchers reconstructed the Triassic food web using nothing but scat. Researchers have conducted what could be the largest study ever of dinosaur poop. The findings shed new light on how dinosaur's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Life on Earth began over four billion years ago, not long ...

The Jurassic Period lasted from about 201.3 to 145 million years ago. Evolution moved incredibly fast then, as did the creatures it created. In popular culture, we tend to think of dinosaurs as slow, ...

Where they lived: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, including Antarctica. What they ate: Some ate plants, while others ate animals, including other dinosaurs. How big they were: The ...