The fossilized eggs were likely laid by titanosaurs, massive herbivores measuring 50 feet long and weighing between 15 and 20 tons ...

In the Cretaceous period, Earth was plagued by widespread volcanic activity, oceanic oxygen depletion events, and mass extinctions. Fossils from that era remain and continue to give scientists clues ...

It was in egg-cellent condition. Argentine paleontologists found a real diamond in the rough after happening across a perfectly preserved 70 million-year-old dinosaur egg during an excavation. “It was ...

A groundbreaking study, published in iScience in 2021, revealed new insights into the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs. The discovery of Baby Yingliang, an exceptionally well-preserved ...

A fossilized dinosaur egg discovered in central India has turned out to be even stranger than it first appeared. Inside the stone shell, researchers identified the remains of a second egg, nested like ...

It’s hard to imagine that fierce dinosaurs once emerged from small, fragile eggs. And it may be even harder to imagine that some of those eggs, when fossilized, could have been preserved for tens of ...

CHINA — A clutch of 28 dinosaur eggs found in the Qinglongshan fossil reserve in central China is about 86 million years old, according to scientists who used an "atomic clock" method to date the ...

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When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried. While the different strata of sedimentary rock represent periods of ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...