Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda, a newly identified plant-eating relative of mammals from Tanzania, may change the age assigned to some of the world’s oldest possible dinosaur fossils. The animal lived ...

A newly identified 240-million-year-old animal from Tanzania is forcing scientists to rethink the early dinosaur timeline. Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda belongs to a group previously known only from ...

A newly identified plant-eating relative of mammals that lived around 240 million years ago in what is now Tanzania may ...

The Greatest Geological Goldmines This North American giant boasts one of the richest and most complete Mesozoic fossil records on the planet. Legendary sites like the Hell Creek Formation—extending ...

Around 150 million years ago, during the late Jurassic period, an herbivorous dinosaur called Diplodocus roamed North ...

Read a National Geographic magazine article about the fossil trade, and get information, facts, and more about the big business of dinosaur bones.

Nowhere else do you get such easy access to actual dinosaur tracks, active digs, fossils you can touch and world-class museums all in one state.

Pinning down the most titanic of the large sauropod dinosaurs is not an easy task, since the odds were generally against the biggest ones being buried and preserved Enormous dinosaurs like the ...

An artist’s interpretation of a juvenile Doolysaurus huhmini. It is depicted alongside birds and other dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous in what is now South Korea. Artwork by Jun Seong Yi.

3,000 pounds of fossils and rock were removed from a Utah parking lot construction site. Paleontologists assessed the excavated remains, and here’s how the mystery unfolded. Read here ...

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