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Dinosaurs might still roam Earth if it weren't for the asteroid, study suggests
The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find.
Researchers react to T. rex 'leather' announcement
Companies claim that Tyrannosaurus rex leather could soon be entering the luxury fashion market, but dinosaur researchers say you can't make genuine T. rex skin.
What was the fastest dinosaur?
Dinosaurs left behind clues about their maximum speeds, but do we know which dinosaur was the fastest?
'Hell ant' with scythe-like jaws may be oldest ant fossil ever discovered
Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen species of "hell ant" that lived 113 million years ago, making it the oldest ant fossil ever found.
Giant mosasaur discovered in Mississippi
Researchers may have discovered Mississippi's largest ever mosasaur after pulling a Cretaceous-aged fossil out of a riverbed south of Starkville.
T. rex fossil trade hurting scientific research, study claims
A Tyrannosaurus rex researcher has found that there are now more scientifically valuable T. rex specimens in private or commercial ownership than in public museums, hampering research.
Trove of dinosaur footprints reveal Jurassic secrets on Isle of Skye where would-be Scottish king Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped
Paleontologists have discovered tracks belonging to meat-eating theropods and long-necked sauropods on the Isle of Skye.
'Unusual' wooly mammoth tooth oldest ever found in North America
Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study spanning a million years of mammoth evolution.
Colossal's de-extincted 'dire wolf' isn't a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, experts say
Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.
