Paleontologists have long assumed that fossilization destroys all organic molecules in ancient remains. However, a ...

The footprint belongs to hadrosaurid dinosaurs — famously known for their distinctive flat, duck-like beaks. They belong to the ornithischian family Hadrosauridae. This massive footprint is ...

This story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Nestled among white-sand beaches and brightly colored resorts, the mangrove swamps along Mexico’s Yucatán coast are a ...

Japan could be the first country to become extinct due to low birth rate Donghao Wang, a paleontologist at the China University of Geosciences, explained where the remains of this dinosaur species ...

A discovery in Morocco has unveiled the oldest Cerapodan dinosaur fossils on the planet – dating back 174 million years.

The fossil is about 65 million years old. Sloan also uncovered the only dinosaur fossil ever found in Minnesota, a bone from a duck-billed dinosaur. “It was a crummy dinosaur tail bone, the least ...

BEIJING -- Scientists have confirmed that a set of skeletal fossils discovered in southern China belonged to duck-billed dinosaurs from over 70 million years ago, expanding the region's fossil ...

A newly studied Vegavis iaai skull from Antarctica confirms that modern bird lineages, like ducks and geese, were evolving alongside non-avian dinosaurs. This study supports Vegavis' placement in the ...

Note: children will probably need some help cutting out the egg and baby dinosaur, as the pieces are quite small. Maiasaura is a duck-billed dinosaur that lived around 80 to 75 million years ago. Lots ...

The findings shed light on how organic molecules like collagen may survive for tens of millions of years within dinosaur ...