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Trove of dinosaur footprints reveal Jurassic secrets on Isle of Skye where would-be Scottish king Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped
By Richard Pallardy published
Paleontologists have discovered tracks belonging to meat-eating theropods and long-necked sauropods on the Isle of Skye.

'Exquisitely preserved' ginormous claws from Mongolia reveal strange evolution in dinosaurs
By Jess Thomson published
A new species of dinosaur named Duonychus tsogtbaatari has been discovered by scientists, and unlike other therizinosaurs, this species has only two clawed fingers instead of three.

Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago
By Jess Thomson published
Discover interesting facts about when dinosaurs lived, why they died and how big they got

166 million-year-old fossil found on Isle of Skye belongs to pony-size dinosaur from Jurassic
By Jess Thomson published
A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.

Australia's 'upside down' dinosaur age had two giant predators, 120 million-year-old fossils reveal
By Patrick Pester published
A new study has revealed that "hug of death" megaraptorids and previously unknown carcharodontosaurs shared Australia's unique Antarctic dinosaur ecosystem during the Cretaceous.

What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?
By Sarah Wells published
Nonavian dinosaurs have been extinct for 66 million years, but what would have happened if they'd survived?

Secrets of 1st dinosaurs lie in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest, study suggests
By Sascha Pare published
The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as researchers previously assumed due to an abundance of fossils in places like Argentina and Zimbabwe.

'Sexy' pterosaur tail should have been nightmare for flying. How did it work?
By Patrick Pester published
The first pterosaurs had a sail-like tensioning system for flying with potentially cumbersome tail vanes, which they could have used for displays, a new study finds.
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