Dinosaurs
Meet 10 deadly prehistoric birds, including one that could swallow human babies and a 1.5m-tall penguin
These early birds certainly caught their worms, and more. Meet some of the deadliest birds that ever lived…
5 British dinosaurs you've (probably) never heard of
Professor Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum, London, celebrates some of lesser known dinosaurs from the British Isles.
How extreme cold, not heat, triggered the mass extinction 200 million years ago - paving the way for the rise of the dinosaurs...
A mass extinction that wiped out three quarters of all life on Earth just before the dinosaurs took over may have been caused by a global rapid cooling rather than a warming climate, scientists say
Smallest dinosaur eggs ever found dug up on Chinese building site
The smallest egg is just 29mm long.
Are dinosaurs lizards?
Why, despite looking like lizards, dinosaurs aren't lizards
Monstrous dinosaur skeleton found by railway workers in Spain – and there's more to it than they first thought
A total of 12,000 fossils were dug up in the mountains of east-central Spain – but it was this one that stood out...
Dinosaur teeth: what were they like, how ferocious were they - and what do they tell us about a dinosaur's diet?
Dinosaur teeth come in all sorts of sizes, shapes - and sharpness - and can tell us a lot about what they ate
Why this gigantic dinosaur footprint found near Melbourne has got scientists so excited
About the same size as a large pizza, it is one of 24 footprints recently discovered on the southern coast of Australia.
Were dinosaurs good parents - and how on earth do we know?
Did dinosaurs look after their young - or were they terrible parents? We take a look at the evidence
Do we know what dinosaurs sounded like?
Do we know what dinosaurs sounded like? A few, says JV Chamary
Dinosaur sex: how these huge animals mated with all those dangerous spikes, claws and plates
Wondering how dinosaurs mated? With difficulty, says JV Chamary.
Why are the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast filled with dinosaur fossils?
Anjana Khatwa explains why the Jurassic Coast is a Mecca for fossil hunters
Could any dinosaurs fly? Probably fewer than you think...
There were probably only a few dinosaurs that could actually fly, says JV Chamary
These dinosaur footprints disappear on one side of the Atlantic Ocean and reappear on the other – and they match exactly
The tracks were found in Africa and South America – 3,700 miles apart – and provide evidence of the last place dinosaurs were able to travel between before the two great continents split.
Dinosaur footprints, ancient crocodiles and the biggest snake to ever live: 10 most epic prehistoric discoveries of 2024
From swamp monsters and giant snakes, to horned dinosaurs and flying lizards, here are 10 of the most amazing prehistoric finds of the year so far.
A real Jurassic Park could be possible. Here's the science of how to make it
Could a ‘Jurassic Park’ ever work? JV Chamary takes a look
Epic dinosaur skull dug up in Kyrgyzstan desert has got scientists VERY excited. Here's why
It took palaeontologists 17 years to excavate the bones of the strange new dinosaur species. But it was worth the wait...
"Fantastic dinosaur specimen one of the most complete to be found in the UK in a century," say scientists
The dinosaur fossil, discovered at Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight, consists of 149 bones.
“What the hell is this?” Scientists amazed at prehistoric crocodile-like animal discovered in Nevada
The remains of the new species of extinct crocodile relative, found in the rugged Augusta Mountains, rewrite the story of life along Earth's coasts during the Middle Triassic.
New giant dinosaur with 'bizarre' horns discovered in the wild badlands of Montana
With a colossal pair of blade-like spikes on the back of its frill, Lokiceratops rangiformis is one of the largest and most ornate horned dinosaurs ever found, say scientists.
Ever wanted to name a dinosaur? Now's your chance
Scientists who discovered a green dinosaur skeleton in the US are asking the public to help name it.
Giant octopus-eating lizard discovered in Australia was a "fearsome predator", say scientists
The newly discovered species of pterosaur, which lived around 100 million years ago, had a 4.6-metre wingspan and would have hunted fish and cephalopods.
'I noticed these leg bones eroding out of the ground.' Brand-new dinosaur species discovered by chance in Zimbabwe
A new dinosaur species has been discovered in fossilised rocks on the shoreline of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe
Dinosaur poop museum opens in Arizona
The Arizona museum has approximately 8,000 pieces of fossilised faeces, including a 67.5cm whopper thought to come from a Tyrannosaurus Rex.