The new species is called Nanotyrannus. Compared to the well known tyrannosaurus rex, a nanotyrannus was more speedy and agile.

“The Flintstones” may now be considered historical fiction. A new paper published in the journal Current Biology suggests that human ancestors lived with dinosaurs for a short time before the reptilian beasts went extinct. An in-depth analysis of the ...

Have you ever wondered why animals, particularly birds, and some reptiles, especially turtles, live such long lives compared to mammals with the same body masses? According to molecular biogerontologist, Joao Pedro de Magalhaes, a professor at the ...

A clay layer one-hundredth of an inch thick preserves the fleshy details of dinosaurs buried suddenly in east-central Wyoming.

All human beings age. It is part of our biology and limits our lifespan to slightly over 120 years. Not all animals experience aging during their lives. Some animals' bodies do not gradually degenerate as they get older the way our bodies do. But for ...

Ancient South Americans were apparently inspired by fossilized dinosaur tracks in what is now eastern Brazil, where they cut figures into the rock, imprinted tens of millions of years earlier by the movements of giants. The dinosaur tracks belong to ...

At first glance, dinosaur fossils and modern cancer research may seem worlds apart. But a new study suggests that soft tissue preserved for millions of years inside ancient bones could offer valuable insights into how cancer works – and how we might ...