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

The discovery of a 69-million-year-old bird fossil is reshaping our understanding of avian evolution.

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

A 69-million-year-old fossilized skull unearthed in Antarctica could rewrite the history of modern birds. The nearly complete ...

Now, more than a decade later, new analysis of the fossils has found that they belong to a new 73-million-year-old species, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the peer-reviewed journal ...

Researchers have discovered clear chemical traces of decaying collagen in a duck-billed dinosaur fossil, upending previously ...

Researchers discovered a protein in a 68- to 66-million-year-old fossil that many scientists would have argued should have ...

A team of researchers from Okayama University of Science (OUS) in Japan and the Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy ...

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

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 ...

For many years, scientists believed that organic molecules could not survive in fossils, as the fossilization process was ...

Paleontologists have uncovered massive dinosaur footprints in the Gobi Desert, marking the trail of what could be one of the ...