The skull of Oculudentavis, found encased in amber, provides new clues into the transition from dinosaurs to birds and may be smallest of either ever found.
A Hypacrosaurus skeleton at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta.
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A mass extinction 66 million years ago killed the non-bird dinosaurs, but plants survived.
Examining the fossilised teeth of dinosaur species like Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus can reveal clues about their diets and place on the food chain.
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Dinosaurs are malleable beasts: so much so that their constant reshaping has often been driven by cultural and political trends.
Reconstruction of the ancient environment at the Highlands trace fossil site about 183 million years ago.
Artwork by Akhil Rampersadh. Heterodontosaurid silhouette is courtesy of Viktor Radermacher.
How do we know that bees were around when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth? The main evidence comes from fossils – the mineralized remains of long-dead organisms.