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When paleontologist John Ostrom saw photos of a fluffy dinosaur fossil in 1996, he began to cry and nearly collapsed. The discovery finally proved his decades-old theory that modern birds evolved from dinosaurs.
Construction workers struck scientific gold at Dinosaur National Monument when their equipment uncovered a long-necked dinosaur fossil during routine parking lot repairs. The discovery marks the first new dinosaur find at the Utah site in over a century.
Workers repaving a parking lot at Dinosaur National Monument discovered actual dinosaur fossils for the first time since 1924. The unexpected find turned a routine construction project into a 3,000-pound paleontology treasure hunt.
A parking lot construction project uncovered the first new dinosaur fossils excavated at Dinosaur National Monument in over a century. The 150-million-year-old bones likely belong to a massive long-necked Diplodocus and extend far beyond the parking lot site.
Construction crews renovating a Colorado parking lot got a prehistoric surprise when they uncovered fossils from a long-neck dinosaur that had been hidden under asphalt for over a century. The discovery marks the first fossil excavation at Dinosaur National Monument in more than 100 years.
Scientists discovered a roadrunner-sized dinosaur in Argentina that's forcing them to rethink how some dinosaurs became miniature. The 700-gram creature proves evolution doesn't always follow a straight line.
Fossilized skin from young Diplodocus dinosaurs reveals they weren't dull gray giants but had vibrant, speckled patterns for camouflage. Tiny pigment structures preserved for 150 million years are rewriting what we know about how dinosaurs looked and survived.
A badly crushed dinosaur skull dismissed as terrible turned out to be the only evidence of an ancient lineage that survived millions of years. A Virginia Tech student spent two years reconstructing the fossil and discovered a new species that's rewriting what we know about dinosaur evolution.
Scientists on Scotland's Isle of Skye discovered the most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in the country, a dog-sized plant-eater from 166 million years ago. The rare Middle Jurassic fossil could rewrite how we understand the evolution of herbivorous dinosaurs.
Scientists found the first real evidence that giant Diplodocus dinosaurs had patterned, colorful skin 150 million years ago. Microscopic structures in fossilized skin from Montana reveal young dinosaurs likely sported dark spots and reflective patches for camouflage.
A tiny 163-million-year-old dinosaur fossil from China preserved something scientists almost never see: a voice box that shows dinosaurs didn't roar like movie monsters. Instead, they chirped, cooed, and called like modern birds.
Scientists discovered a rare baby dinosaur fossil in South Korea and named it Doolysaurus huhmin after a beloved children's cartoon character. It's the country's first new dinosaur species identified in over a decade.
Paleontologists in southern France discovered hundreds of intact dinosaur eggs from three different species at a single nesting site dating back 70 million years. The rare find reveals how different dinosaurs shared prime nesting grounds just before the mass extinction that ended their reign.
Scientists just launched an app that lets anyone identify ancient dinosaur tracks using artificial intelligence. The technology has already revealed surprising connections between dinosaurs and modern birds that could rewrite evolution timelines.
Researchers from UT Austin helped identify a new dinosaur species in Korea for the first time in 15 years. The possibly fuzzy baby dinosaur, small enough to fit on a desk, lived 100 million years ago.
Scientists discovered a near-complete fossil of one of the world's smallest dinosaurs in Argentina, challenging the myth that all dinosaurs were giants. The crow-sized predator roamed desert dunes 95 million years ago alongside some of Earth's largest creatures.
University of Liverpool researchers used 3D models to discover how sauropod dinosaurs evolved from small, two-legged creatures into the largest land animals ever, revealing a 200-million-year transformation driven by increasingly longer necks. The findings explain why these gentle giants survived longer than any other dinosaur group.
A nearly complete fossil from China preserves a juvenile dinosaur with hollow spikes covering its skin, a feature never seen before in any dinosaur. The 125-million-year-old discovery gives scientists their clearest look yet at dinosaur skin at the cellular level.
Paleontologists uncovered over 100 fossilized dinosaur eggs at a single nesting site in southern France, hidden for 70 million years. Multiple species returned to this prehistoric nursery during the late Cretaceous period, offering new clues about dinosaur nesting behavior.
A complete skeleton of a tiny dinosaur from Argentina is overturning everything scientists thought they knew about how these mysterious creatures evolved and spread across ancient Earth. The discovery reveals these ant-eating dinosaurs didn't shrink over time but stayed small for millions of years across multiple continents.
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