A 67-million-year-old claw fossil reveals a new dinosaur species that may have used its hand spikes to snatch and pierce eggs ...

Research led by scientists associated with the American Museum of Natural History suggests that the giant reptiles of the age of the dinosaurs were descendants of a very tiny ancestor, shedding light ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Asteroid impacts or massive volcanic flows might have occurred around the time dinosaurs became extinct, but a new book argues that the mightiest creatures the world has ever known ...

The first has to do with the period’s cataclysmic close. In lots of people’s minds, the mystery of what killed the dinosaurs and other species — paving the way for the rise of mammals — was solved a ...

It had long been avoiding Targets. A gigantic insect from a species that once flourished in the age of the dinosaurs was found for the first time in decades on the façade of an Arkansas Walmart, ...

A new group of creepy-crawly creatures are moving into the Philadelphia Zoo this spring, including a 10-foot-tall stink bug that actually stinks. The new exhibit, Staying Power: Be Distinct or Go ...

Ever wonder how insects have survived for millions of years while dinosaurs became extinct? The Philadelphia Zoo's newest immersive experience has answers. Staying Power: Be Distinct, or Go Extinct!

Dinosaurs were not just carnivores or herbivores; they were occasional omnivore too. We often think of dinosaurs as either preying on other dinos or mammals or as plant-eaters -- but in ecosystems ...

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