October 21, 2015 Nest of young dinosaurs with 'babysitter' discovered A nest of baby dinosaurs with what might have been a juvenile babysitter sitting atop them has been discovered in China, researchers say.
October 21, 2015 Fox-sized relative of Triceratops discovered in Venezuela The fossil of a new two-legged, fox-sized dinosaur relative of both Stegosaurus and Triceratops, which dates back about 200 million years, has been discovered in Venezuela.
October 21, 2015 Fossils of dinosaur-era forest fire discovered in Canada In the badlands of southern Saskatchewan, Canada, scientists discovered evidence of a 66-million-year-old forest fire locked in stone.
October 21, 2015 'Hidden dragon' beast gave rise to fearsome flying reptiles A Chinese fossil is the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid, part of a group of flying reptiles that ruled the skies some 163 million years ago, scientists report.
October 21, 2015 Chinese Jurassic Park yields incredible feathered dino find A fossil bed in China that contains some of the world's most exquisitely preserved feathered dinosaurs, early birds, reptiles and mammals may also be home to an equally rich set of older fossils from the Middle Jurassic, a new study finds.
October 21, 2015 Museum exhibit stars Indiana's prehistoric beasts Indiana's own prehistoric beasts are the focus of the museum's new exhibition. "Ice Age Giants" re-creates the process of uncovering the fossilized bones of mammoths and mastodons, identifying them, studying them and finally reassembling the skeletons to tower once again.
October 21, 2015 Dino-era water trapped under impact crater More than one kilometer beneath the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, geologists discovered 100- to 150-million-year-old water from the Atlantic Ocean’s infancy. The ancient water hid under a more recent 56-mile-wide crater left after a massive rock or block of ice nailed the Earth near what is now the entrance to the bay.
October 21, 2015 2 nearly complete fossilized dinosaur skeletons to be auctioned in NYC for estimated $7M-$9M Two fossilized dinosaur skeletons found on a Montana ranch in 2006 are going on the auction block in New York City.
October 21, 2015 120-million-year-old bird had two tails A 120-million-year-old bird sported not one, but two tails, National Geographic reported.
October 21, 2015 Roots of ancient flowers reach back to dinosaur times Newfound fossils hint that flowering plants arose 100 million years earlier than scientists previously thought, suggesting flowers may have existed when the first known dinosaurs roamed Earth, researchers say.
