For the first time, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs that lay buried in rock for millions of years, using a groundbreaking new ‘atomic clock for fossils’ method. During the Cretaceous period, Earth ...

A remarkably well-preserved dinosaur embryo, unearthed from a fossilized egg in southern China, is offering scientists an ...

A carnivorous dinosaur’s egg was found near General Roca in Argentine Patagonia during an expedition broadcast live on YouTube and Instagram.

Using uranium-lead dating, researchers calculated the age of the eggs, rather than the sediments around them, at the Qinglongshan site in China ...

An unprecedented fossil of a baby dinosaur curled up perfectly inside its egg is shedding more light on the links between dinosaurs and birds. The 70-million-year-old fossil preserves the embryonic ...

Archaeologists in China have dated dinosaur eggs for the first time, revealing the age of the ancient fossils, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Earth Science. A research team, led by ...

Jurassic Park made millions believe that cloning ancient animals could be possible. Today, science has made cloning a reality ...

At the foot of Sainte Victoire, the mountain in Provence immortalised by Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne, a palaeontologist brushes meticulously through a mound of red clay looking for fossils.

Through fieldwork and innovative research, he transformed how scientists and the public perceive the prehistoric world.

Argentinian scientists have found fossilized bones of one of the world's oldest dinosaur species in the Andes Mountains, the ...