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Paleontologists at the University of Bristol have officially identified a new species of dinosaur from Triassic fossil beds ...

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Researchers in China achieved a milestone by directly dating a fossilized dinosaur egg at 85.9 million years old, marking a first in paleontology. Using carbonate uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating, ...

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Researchers report the first description of the geologically oldest fossil securely attributable to the genus Archaeopteryx, and provide a new diagnostic key for differentiating bird-like dinosaurs ...

It took 25 years, but fossil hunter Anthony Maltese finally found what he was looking for: an elusive Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil. Maltese, working with his Triebold Paleontology, Inc. team that is based ...

Scientists believe they're close to solving an ancient mystery involving a strange hominin skull that was neither Neanderthal ...

Professional paleontologists from around the world are concerned about the misrepresentation of science at the newly opened Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. The Creation Museum has been ...

Now that it is 2010 and the "Darwin Year" is over, we can expect the tide of evolution-themed documentaries and books to ebb. A notable exception, however (if I do say so myself), is my forthcoming ...

"It's easy to get me excited about anything related to fossils," says Amy Atwater. That's a pretty good quality to have when you're the director of paleontology at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison — and ...