A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Officials found the fossil of a giant dinosaur jawbone while investigating a suspicious package on a bus in the mountains of Peru on Tuesday. The fossil, weighing some 19 pounds (8.7 kilograms), was found in the cargo hold of the bus, which was headed for the capital of Lima, and had been sent on the bus company's package service. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

An unusual new species of dinosaur discovered in a Montana fossil provides a long-sought link between a primitive group of dinos in Asia and those that roamed North America, experts say. The newfound species is a very early form of ceratopsian, whose descendants are best known for their fearsome horns and flashy neck frills. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

The hundred-million-year-old plumage has features of both feather-like fibers found with some two-legged dinosaurs known as theropods and of modern bird feathers. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

The skeleton of what is believed to be a new dinosaur species — a 105-foot plant-eater that is among the largest dinosaurs ever found — has been uncovered in Argentina, scientists said Monday. picked by wags273 11 months ago

Facing worsening budget shortfalls, the Blackfeet Nation is trying to sell off one of its treasures — a perfectly preserved 74-million-year-old baby dinosaur. picked by deEPCHill 5 months ago

A Britain-based palaeontologist believes he has found the world's first known Tyrannosaurus rex footprint. Phil Manning said he has high hopes the one square metre (about 11 square feet) print, from the famed Hell Creek area of the northwest US state of Montana, is from the flesh-eating giant, although 100 percent certainty is impossible. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

An 85 million-year-old dinosaur skull has been found in southwestern Japan, one of the oldest discoveries of its kind in the country. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Wednesday announced the discovery of 11 new animal and plant species in a remote area of central Vietnam. Scientists have found a snake, five orchids, two butterflies and three other plants new to science and exclusive to the Annamites Mountain Range. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Spanish scientists have unearthed what could be Europe’s largest dinosaur boneyard, finding the remains of 65ft plant-eaters never before discovered on the continent. The palaeontologists believe they have found eight different species amid the 8,000 fossils discovered so far. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A hoard of dinosaur bones has been discovered at the site of a planned desalination plant meant to deliver Australia's second biggest city from drought, forcing a re-think of the A$3 billion ($2.7 billion) project. The fossilised bones, estimated to be 115 million years old and belonging to dinosaurs and ancient marine reptiles, were found on a windswept beach in front of the planned project at Po... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A brand new species of bacteria has been found by scientists among the hundreds which thrive in our mouths. picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago

The skeleton of a bear-like creature believed to be about 60 million years old has been found in the North Dakota Badlands. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A new study says dinosaurs shared the Earth for millions of years with the species that were their ancestors. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

From remains of the 75 million year old monster found in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, scientists believe that the duck-billed dinosaur was approximately 30 ft long, weighed several tons and had gnashers that would impress the most experienced Hollywood dentist. They have named it Gryposaurus monumentensis. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A new species of duck-billed dinosaur unearthed in Mexico is helping scientists fill in gaps in the fossil record of the Age of Dinosaurs. The creature, dubbed Velafrons coahuilensis, was a massive plant-eater belonging to a larger group of duck-billed dinosaurs called hadrosaurs. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A student has identified a new species of flying grasshopper which lived 115m years ago. Sam Heads, a PhD research student, was examining fossils from a German museum labelled as 'stick insects'. But he knew immediately he was in fact looking at an ancient ancestor of the modern grasshopper. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A new discovery in China could be the largest feathered dinosaur ever found. This is unusual as birdlike dinos were generally getting smaller as they evolved - Gigantoraptor might have weighed as much as a rhino. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

A "mummified" dinosaur unearthed in North Dakota, a baby mammoth found frozen in Russia, or remains of penguins the size of people excavated in Peru: which discovery was the biggest hit with National Geographic News readers in 2007? picked by mitzuzake 8 months ago

Norwegian researchers have discovered a second rare fossil in the Arctic of a pliosaur, a giant reptile described by experts as the "T-Rex of the oceans". picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago