Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Where they lived: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, including Antarctica. What they ate: Some ate plants, while ...

_Eoraptor lunensis_ lived roughly 230 million years ago, at a time when dinosaurs were small and rare. Jordan Harris courtesy of Kristi Curry Rogers, CC BY-SA It may be hard to imagine, but once upon ...

A new study links fossilized flying reptile tracks to animals that made them. Fossilized footprints reveal a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.

LONDON (Reuters) – Aloft over the landscape of Bavaria some 147 million years ago was a pterosaur – an ancient flying reptile – with a wing span of about 7 feet, a bony crest on the front of its snout ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Extinct species are every bit as interesting as those that ...

Recent fossil discoveries in Brazil have uncovered evidence that small, crocodile-like reptiles known as Parvosuchus aurelioi roamed the region before the age of dinosaurs. These ancient predatory ...

Crocodile-like sebecids were known to roam South America after dinosaurs went extinct. Recently found fossils suggest they inhabited the Caribbean as well—and thrived there long after they disappeared ...

NEW HAVEN — After nearly four years under wraps, the 110-foot mural that inspired a generation of paleontologists and influenced the design of fictional monster Godzilla is back. The Age of Reptiles ...

Where they lived: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, including Antarctica. What they ate: Some ate plants, while others ate animals, including other dinosaurs. How big they were: The ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...