A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the ...

Ph.D. candidate Michael Chiappone simulated real-world floods at the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.

Fossils from baby dinosaurs, some no bigger than a fingernail, point to the possibility that certain species lived and nested ...

Tenontosaurus fossils found in West Texas, the southernmost record of the dinosaur and a key to the Early Cretaceous.

The research provides new clues for understanding animal extinction and environmental changes. The paper was recently published in Paleobiology, a peer reviewed journal.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two scientists spent months debunking a long-standing dinosaur classification. Then, they used dinosaur bones discovered in Colorado, previously ...

Trace fossils, the preserved records of biological activity, provide a unique window into the interactions between ancient organisms and their sedimentary settings. By recording behaviours such as ...

Over 300 million years ago, Illinois teemed with life in tropical swamps and seas, now preserved at the famous Mazon Creek fossil site. Researchers from the University of Missouri and geologist Gordon ...