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Meet Xingxiulong yueorum, a new species of early-diverging sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Early Jurassic epoch.

A new genus and species of bohaiornithid enantiornithine bird has been identified from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton preserved with traces of feathers found in northeastern China.

Harenadraco prima is the first species of troodontid dinosaur ever found in the Late Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

It may be a dinosaur, but it may be a bird, too. Meet Archaeopteryx, the baffling transitional fossil that explained the evolution of birds.

The pterosaur braved the cold and dark before ending up in Dinosaur Cove.

Non-avian theropod dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus rex, had lips that covered their teeth, leaving them looking more like modern Komodo dragons than crocodiles.

Before T. rex and ankylosaurus ruled the Earth, a host of similar Triassic reptiles reigned

Early maniraptoran dinosaurs (alvarezsaurs and therizinosaurs) had extraordinary claws of mysterious function.

Gut contents are extremely important for inferring trophic interactions between extinct species. These are, however, very rare in the fossil record and it is not always possible to accurately ident...

New research suggests that tetrapods may have evolved slower due to having fewer skull bones.

Fossils unearthed in China are helping scientists get a better grasp on one of the marvels of evolution: the giant panda's false thumb, which helps this...

The long, skinny animal had two tiny back legs.

Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a new and unusual therizinosaurid dinosaur with atypical hands in Mongolia.

They're a product of our primate past.

This fictional movie star just won an Oscar. Here's a deep dive into the fictional and real dinosaurs that influenced Godzilla's iconic image.

The ancient predator, which scientists have named Venetorapter gassenae, also had a large beak and likely used its claws for climbing trees and picking prey apart.

A non-flying precursor to pterosaurs shared the Earth with the first dinosaurs.

When you think about human evolution, there's a good chance you're imagining chimpanzees exploring ancient forests or early humans daubing woolly mammoths on to cave walls. But we humans, along with bears, lizards, hummingbirds and Tyrannosaurus rex, are actually lobe-finned fish. It might sound biz...

The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family.

Eating bamboo? It's all in the wrist. When is a thumb not really a thumb? When it's an elongated wrist bone of the giant panda that is used to grasp bamboo. Through its lengthy evolutionary history, the panda's hand has never developed a truly opposable thumb. Instead, it evolved a thumb-like digit