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100 Million Year old Bird Wing trapped in Amber

Chinese Scientists Discover Rare Dinosaur Bird Fossils From Myanmar [Photo, Video]

Jul 02, 2016 03:25 PM EDT

Chinese palaeontologists have announced the discovery of dinosaur-era winged birds. The fossil nicknamed "angel" was found encased in Burmese amber and is believed to be a hundred million years old.

This Sclerocormus fossil reveals a rapid evolution rate after a mass extinction event.

Bizarre Sea Monster Reveals Life After a Mass Extinction Event

Ana Verayo |

May 24, 2016 12:28 AM EDT

A newly discovered fossil of an ancient marine reptile resembling a dolphin, reveals clues about the planet's mass extinction event and how animals rebounded after.

Holotype cranial Material and Cranial Reconstruction of Machairoceratops cronusi

New Horned Dinosaur Discovered in Utah

Ana Verayo |

May 20, 2016 06:41 AM EDT

Scientists have uncovered an entirely new species of dinosaur in Utah possessing strange curved horns.

The plesiosaur apparently used its front flippers to propel itself like penguins do.

'Loch Ness' Dinosaur Mystery Solved: They Apparently Swim Like Penguins

Ana Verayo |

Dec 18, 2015 10:52 AM EST

Scientists reveal how the plesiosaurs swim swiftly underwater despite their massive size.

Reconstruction of the appearance of 'Morelladon beltrani'

New Dinosaur Discovered With Strange 'Sail' On Its Back

Ana Verayo |

Dec 17, 2015 06:20 AM EST

Researchers discovered a new dinosaur in Spain indicating a new species that possess a strange "sail" that runs across its back.

The Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis is the earliest and oldest known member of the Triceratops family.

Newly Discovered Early Triceratops Walked on Two Feet, Has No Horns

Ana Verayo |

Dec 10, 2015 06:20 AM EST

The earliest Triceratops remains were discovered in Gobi desert, China where this earliest relative used to walk on two legs and has no horns.

Several macronarian sauropods; from left to right, Camarasaurus, Brachiosaurus, Giraffatitan, and Euhelopus.

Rare, Massive Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Scotland

Ana Verayo |

Dec 02, 2015 09:10 AM EST

Researchers uncovered some massive dinosaur footprints in the Isle of Skye belonging to some unknown species of sauropods, a close cousin of the brontosaurus.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson debunks the science behind Pixar's The Good Dinosaur.

The Good Dinosaur: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Why Dinosaurs and Humans Can't Live Together

Ana Verayo |

Nov 24, 2015 06:20 AM EST

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson illuminates how dinosaurs and humans cannot co-exist with each other, debunking the science behind the new Pixar movie, The Good Dinosaur.

From Dinosaurs' Extinction to Human Life Form: Harvard Physicist Proposes a Profound Theory About Why Humans Exist

Charissa Echavez |

Nov 16, 2015 10:06 AM EST

A physicist from Harvard University Lisa Randall proposed a profound theory how dinosaurs' extinction led to human life forms in her latest book Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs.