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The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago released climate-altering sulphur, cooling the Earth far more than thought. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Dinosaur-killing asteroid cooled Earth more than thought

The research makes a more refined estimate of how much sulphur and carbon dioxide gas were ejected into Earths...

1 Nov 2017 5:35 PM IST

The earliest-known bird, Archaeopteryx, lived about 150 million years ago in Germany. (Photo: American Museum of Natural History)

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Some dinosaurs had exquisite eggs with colours, spots, speckles

Egg colour provided an evolutionary advantage to dinosaurs that had exposed nests for their eggs.

2 Nov 2018 1:07 PM IST

Diluvicursor was about 7-1/2-feet (2.3 meters) long.

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Fossil of dinosaur swept away in ancient Australian river found

Diluvicursor's remains were found amongst a jumbled collection of large fossilised tree trunks, also swept down the...

12 Jan 2018 10:24 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

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One-two punch may have wiped out dinosaurs: Study

University of Oregon researchers conducted the study.

13 Feb 2018 4:51 PM IST

Argentina has been a rich source of fossils from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous eras over the years, most, of creatures not found in the northern hemisphere. (Photo: AFP)

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Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise

With dinosaurs no longer eating them, mammals made quick evolutionary strides.

25 Oct 2019 10:26 AM IST

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T. rex could not stick out its tongue: study

In most extinct dinosaurs their tongue bones are very short.

21 Jun 2018 12:40 PM IST

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Dinosaurs too liked perfumes that we enjoy it seems

The anther glands on the fossil acacia flower were especially attractive to bees, one of which was fossilized while...

9 Aug 2018 1:14 PM IST

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Dinosaurs loved perfumes way before you did

Flower-based compounds have been providing olfactory excitement to pollinating insects and other animals since the...

9 Aug 2018 1:03 PM IST

Alvarezsaurs are weird animals. With their strong, clawed hands and weak jaws, they appear to be the dinosaurian analog to todays aardvarks and anteaters.(Photo: ANI)

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Two new Chinese dinosaurs have been discovered

The dinosaurs are both Alvarezsaurs, an enigmatic group of theropod dinosaurs, which have many similarities with birds.

27 Aug 2018 9:18 AM IST

The new creature dubbed Capinatator praetor missus is so different that scientists said the fossils represent not only a new species but a new genus - a larger grouping of life - as well.

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Scientists ID tiny prehistoric sea worm with 50 head spines

Capinatator which means grasping swimmer lived 500 million years ago at a time when creatures started getting bigger...

4 Aug 2017 4:47 PM IST

$The full name of the predatory crocodyliform (nicknamed Razana) is Razanandrongobe sakalavae, which means \giant lizard ancestor from Sakalava region.\ (Image: Giovanni Bindellini)$ Science

Jurassic-era crocodile with T-rex teeth discovered in Madagascar

The findings fill the gap in a million-year-long ghost lineage of Notosuchia, which was earlier unknown in the Jurassic...

5 July 2017 12:38 PM IST

Researchers think up to 300 eggs may be present, some buried under the exposed fossils.

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Dazzling egg fossils crack open secrets of ancient flying reptiles

Scientist have unearthed more than 215 fossilised eggs belonging to species that soared during the age of dinosaurs.

4 Dec 2017 1:00 PM IST