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19 Jul 2024

DNA: Dinosaur skeleton fetches record $44.6m at auction

Chicxulub crater

19 Aug 2022

Dinosaur-killing asteroid might have a sibling! Scientists discover THIS

The finding raises the question of whether the crater might be related to Chicxulub. The crater was identified using seismic reflection. Nadir is of the same age as the Chicxulub impact that wiped dinosaurs.

27 May 2022

The dinosaurs are back in 'Jurassic World' finale

'Jurassic Park' actors Laura Dern and Sam Neill reprise their roles as paleobotanist Dr Ellie Sattler, now a soil and climate change scientist, and paleontologist Dr Alan Grant, reuniting with their castmate from the 1993 movie Jeff Goldblum, who plays mathematician Dr Ian Malcolm.

30 Sep 2021

New dinosaur species found in Brazil, roamed earth 70 million years ago

A team of scientists have found a new species of dinosaur which most likely roamed in Brazil around 70 million years ago.

02 Sep 2021

66 million year old Triceratops skeleton to be auctioned

Big John the Triceratops skeleton is set to be auctioned at the Drouot auction house in Paris at the end of October. Discovered in 2015 in South Dakota, it is estimated to be more than 66 millions years old and is the largest Triceratops discovered to this date.

04 Jun 2020

'Asteroid that led to dinosaur extinction hit at 'deadliiest possible' angle'

A new study has found that the asteroid which led to the extinction of dinosaurs hit Earth at the "deadliest possible" angle.

25 May 2020

Fossils of 'extraordinary hunter dinosaur' megaraptors discovered in Argentina

Scientists in Argentina have discovered the fossils of one of the last remaining megaraptors with claws more than a foot long. The research team discovered the fossilized remains which are approximately 70 million years old.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

11 May 2018

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - 'A Look Inside' featurette - Watch

A new featurette titled 'A Look Inside' has been unveiled and it takes us down the memory lane.

05 Apr 2018

Dinosaurs were dying off long before asteroid hit: Study

Dinosaurs were in trouble long before the massive asteroid - believed to be the primary cause of their extinction - hit the Earth some 65 million years ago, a study suggests.

02 Feb 2018

Rare 200 million-year-old fossil discovered

The new discovery, published in the journal Geological Journal, is from a time known as the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, right after a worldwide mass extinction.

22 Jan 2018

Pentagon made of microbes older than dinosaurs: Study

Different types of oolitic limestones have formed in all geological periods and have been found around the world, including in the US, the UK, Germany, the Bahamas, China and at Shark Bay in Western Australia.

16 Jan 2018

Fossils of 'iridescent' dinosaurs with rainbow feathers discovered

Aside from making Jurassic ecosystems of 161 million years ago more colourful, the dinosaur is interesting because it has features that are both ancient and modern.

02 Jan 2018

Thirty 130 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur eggs from Jurassic period discovered in China

The construction workers had detonated an explosive to break up a large boulder, but luckily, the fossilized eggs managed to survive the impact.

29 Nov 2017

Feathered dinosaurs were even fluffier than believed: Study

Modern birds are the direct descendants of a group of feathered, carnivorous dinosaurs that, along with true birds, are referred to as paravians -- which also include Anchiornis, a crow-sized dinosaur species.

11 Nov 2017

Here's how dinosaurs could have survived mass extinction

The impact of the asteroid caused a crater 180 km wide and heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in the stratosphere.

18 Sep 2017

190 million-year-old 'sea monster' identified

The fossilised bones of the long-necked marine reptile, named Arminisaurus schuberti, were excavated in the early 1980s in Germany.

26 Aug 2017

New species of gigantic, long necked dinosaurs found

Shingopana roamed the Cretaceous landscape alongside Rukwatitan bisepultus, another titanosaur identified in 2014, researchers said.

22 Aug 2017

Dino-killing asteroid plunged Earth into darkness

The asteroid triggered global wildfires that lofted into the air tremendous amounts of soot.

10 Aug 2017

Scientists discover fossils of 160 million-year-old winged mammals of the Jurassic era!

Two fossils discovered in China show that the volant, or flying, way of life evolved among mammalian ancestors 100 million years earlier than the first modern mammal fliers.

05 Aug 2017

Scientists discover 'Mona Lisa' of dinosaurs in Canada

The new genus and species Borealopelta markmitchelli used camouflage to hide from predators despite being built like a tank, researchers said.

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