World's largest ever dinosaur identified
VIDEO Aug 9, 2017A 70-ton titanosaur has been officially established as the largest land animal ever to walk the Earth.
Heavily armored dinosaurs also had camouflage
Aug 5, 2017Dinosaurs equipped with spikes and bony plates may have also employed camouflage to avoid predators.
Could a human actually outrun a T. rex ?
Jul 17, 2017Contrary to the plot of Jurassic Park, a rampaging Tyrannosaurus rex wouldn't actually move very fast.
Giant prehistoric crocodile had T. rex teeth
Jul 4, 2017Palaeontologists have been studying the remains of a crocodile-like land predator from the Jurassic era.
Intense volcanism gave rise to the dinosaurs
Jun 20, 2017A mass extinction event 200 million years ago made it possible for the dinosaurs to dominate the planet.
T. rex did not have feathers, say scientists
Jun 10, 2017The idea that Tyrannosaurus rex had a thick plumage of feathers has been called in to serious doubt.
Ancient fossil bird found trapped in amber
Jun 9, 2017The incredibly well-preserved hatchling is believed to date back 99 million years to the Cretaceous Era.
Earliest Homo sapiens unearthed in Morocco
Jun 8, 2017The discovery casts doubt on the idea that modern humans evolved in a single 'cradle of humanity'.
Giant prehistoric sloth unearthed in LA metro
Jun 3, 2017A recent excavation in the heart of Los Angeles has yielded evidence of giant prehistoric beasts.
Ancient sea monster was the size of a bus
May 26, 2017Palaeontologists in Russia have discovered a huge new sea creature that lived 130 million years ago.
Europe, not Africa, was birthplace of mankind
May 23, 2017A remarkable new palaeontological discovery in Europe could rewrite the history of human evolution.
Tyrannosaurus rex bit with incredible force
May 19, 2017The prehistoric carnivore was capable of exerting 8,000 pounds of force with its huge gaping jaws.
Extinction asteroid hit 'worst possible place'
VIDEO May 15, 2017Scientists have been drilling in to the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Superbugs existed long before the dinosaurs
May 13, 2017Far from being a modern phenomenon, antibiotic-resistant microbes have existed for millions of years.
Baby dinosaur mystery solved after 25 years
May 10, 2017A fossil found in China has finally been formally identified after more than a quarter of a century.
New haul of early human skeletons revealed
May 9, 2017Researchers have unveiled details of their latest findings at an important cave site in South Africa.
Africa's T. rex was one of the last dinosaurs
May 4, 2017An extremely rare fossil belonging to an ancient predatory dinosaur has been found in a mine in Morocco.
Massive new dinosaur found inside a museum
May 3, 2017One of the largest ever species of plant-eating dinosaur has been discovered at a museum in Switzerland.
DNA of prehistoric humans found in caves
Apr 28, 2017Scientists have found a way to identify extinct species of human by analyzing the sediment inside caves.
Did first Americans arrive 130,000 years ago?
Apr 27, 2017A new discovery has indicated that the first humans arrived in the Americas much earlier than thought.
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