The findings shed light on how proteins like collagen may survive for millions of years within dinosaur bones.

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird.

In a study published in January, researchers confirmed the preservation of original organic molecules in Mesozoic dinosaur ...

They recovered a well-preserved hip bone (sacrum) of an Edmontosaurus dinosaur from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota. This formation dates back to the late Cretaceous period, suggesting this ...

Eight original and reconstructed dinosaur fossils will be showcased ... but they only displayed smaller body parts such as bone fragments and teeth, she said. The science exhibition is funded ...

A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature.

A tyrannosaur that lived 70 million years ago in Alaska wasn't nearly as big as Tyrannosaurus rex, but it wasn't as small as ...

This could unlock new insights into dinosaurs-- for example revealing connections between dinosaur species that ... University of Liverpool identified fragments of collagen alpha-1, the main form of ...

The University of Liverpool has uncovered strong evidence that organic molecules, including collagen, can be preserved in Mesozoic fossils, chall ...

The fossilised neck bone of a dinosaur that was bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago has been discovered ...