May 10, 2016 Fearsome dinosaur-age 'hammerhead' reptile ate … plants? Despite its rows and rows of chisel- and needle-like teeth, a newly described prehistoric marine reptile wasn't a fearsome predator but rather an herbivorous giant that acted like a lawnmower for the sea, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Ancient marine reptiles flew through the water The ancient, four-flippered plesiosaur didn't swim like a fish, whale or even an otter — but instead like a penguin, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Spaniel-size Triceratops cousin walked on its two hind legs The discovery of a spaniel-size ceratopsian that walked on its two hind legs reveals that Late Jurassic horned dinosaurs were much more diverse than previously thought, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 A prehistoric murder mystery: Earth's worst mass extinctions There have been good times and bad times in world history, but none so bad as a catastrophic 80 million years of history that wiped out nearly every species on the planet.
May 2, 2016 'The Good Dinosaur': Could humans and dinos coexist? What if the dinosaur-killing asteroid never slammed into Earth and the paleo-beasts weren't vanquished from our planet 66 million years ago? That's the hypothetical that forms the basis of Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur," set to hit the big screens on Nov.
May 2, 2016 Getting a head: 'Superduck' dinosaur shows how dino crests evolved A newly classified duck-billed dinosaur species snagged the nickname "superduck" due to its giant pelvis.
May 2, 2016 Triassic reptile skewered clams with teeth on roof of its mouth Giant, lizardlike beasts with teeth strong enough to puncture clamshells and equipped with short limbs and a long, paddle-shaped tail populated waterways some 200 million years ago.
May 2, 2016 Meet Jane, the most complete adolescent T rex ever found An adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex named Jane may settle a dispute more than 70 years in the making: Whether small carnivorous dinosaurs are younger versions of T. rex, or another species altogether, a new study finds.
May 2, 2016 Baby duck-billed dinos unearthed in 'Dragon's Tomb' nest A cluster of baby duck-billed dinosaurs — hadrosaurs like the adorable character Ducky in the 1988 animated film "The Land Before Time" — was uncovered in a slab of rock from a fossil-rich part of Mongolia known as "Dragon's Tomb." Scientists examining a roughly 1-foot-long piece of rock from the Dragon's Tomb site, which is located in the Gobi Desert, discovered at least three new baby Saurolophus angustirostris fossils
May 2, 2016 Fossil could settle the debate over whether early birds really did fly We know some dinosaurs had feathers but there remains plenty of debate over whether prehistoric birds such as Archaeopteryx could actually take to the air and fly.
